STATISTICS 


OF    THE 


CLASS     OF    1840, 

FROM  1840  TO  1860, 


WITH  A  NOTICE  OF  THEIR  MEETING  HELD 

AT 

YALE  COLLEGE,  JULY  25,  I860; 

TOGKTHER   WITH 

A.    POEM, 

BY    G.   H.   HOLLISTER,   ESQ. 


PUBLISHED    IB"X"    OIRIDEIR,    OIF    THE    CLASS. 
—-♦♦♦- — - 


NEW  HAVEN : 
PRINTED  BY  THOMAS  J.  STAFFORD 


1860. 


STATISTICS 


OF    THE 


CLASS     OF    1840, 

FROM  1840  TO  1860, 

WITH  A  NOTICE  OF  THEIR  MEETING  HELD 
AT 

TALE  COLLEGE,  JULY  25,  1860; 

TOGETHER  "WITH 

A.    FOEM, 

BY    G.  H.  HOLLISTER,  ESQ. 


'TJBLISHED    IB-ST    OIR/DEIR,    OIF    THE    CLASS. 


NEW  HAVEN : 
PRINTED  BY  THOMAS  J.  STAFFORD. 

1860. 


' 


PREFACE  PUBLISHED  WITH  THE  STATISTICS  IN  1850. 


Agreeably  to  a  vote  of  the  Class  on  a  former  occasion,  a 
meeting  was  held  at  the  Tontine  Hotel,  in  New  Haven,  on  the 
evening  of  the  13th  of  August,  and  again  on  the  night  of  the 
14th.  It  had  been  hoped  and  expected  that  the  general  inter- 
est of  the  members  of  the  Class  in  each  other,  coupled  with 
the  interest  which  all  alumni  of  "  Old  Yale"  might  be  suppos- 
ed to  feel,  in  being  present  at  the  anniversary  which  would 
complete  the  thirdthalf  century  since  the  founding  of  the  Col- 
lege, would  bring  together  on  this  occasion  a  large  number 
of  the  Class  of  1840.  This  hope,  however,  was  disappointed, 
the  following  named  persons  only  being  present,  Alley,  Booth, 
Beuyn,  Cuetis,  Dexter,  Doublebay,  Edwarb-s,  Eggleston, 
Fitch,  T.  E.  Foster,  Hart,  G.  H.  Hollister,  J.  C.  Hollis- 
ter,  Houghton,  Ingersoll,  James,  Knapp,  Lawrence,  Leavitt, 
D.  P.  Noyes,  Parsons,  Perrin,  Eankin,  Kichards,  Thacher, 
and  Wright. 

The  meeting  of  the  few  who  were  present  was,  however,  as 
it  could  not  but  be,  extremely  interesting.  The  minds  of  all 
were  carried  back  with  vivid  recollection  to  the  scenes  and 
days  of  college  life,  and  as  we  were  made  acquainted  with 
each  other's  joys  and  sorrows  and  successes  a  new  tie  of  in- 
terest was  woven  between  us. 

A  tinge  of  sadness  was  indeed  imparted  to  our  meeting,  as 
we  listened  to  the  records  which  told  the  early  death  of  sev- 
eral whose  companionship  had  been  our  joy  in  former  years, 
and  who  gave  abundant  promise  of  distinction  and  usefulness. 
In  the  name  of  the  Class  we  tendered  the  expression  of  heart- 
felt sympathy  to  their  surviving  relatives. 

The  absence  of  some  was  partially  supplied  by  letters  from 
them,  which  went  far  to  increase  the  interest  of  our  meeting;, 


and  to  bring  them  before  us,  at  least  as  they  were  in  days 
gone  bye. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  describe  our  meeting  in  other  than 
this  general  way.  Our  classmates  who  were  not  there  will 
readily  imagine  its  more  particular  aspects,  and  its  more  pecu- 
liar scenes.  We  have  thought  it  would  be  a  matter  of  in- 
terest to  them  to  know  who  were  present,  and  to  all  of  us  to 
preserve  some  outlines,  at  least,  of  the  history  of  the  Class  thus 
far,  and  it  was  accordingly  determined  to  publish  the  present 
sketch  of  our  late  meeting. 

Our  next  assembly  is  to  take  place  in  1860  ;  and,  brethren 
and  classmates,  if  our  lives  are  spared,  let  us  then  be  present 
to  take  each  other  by  the  hand.  Death  has  already  thinned 
our  ranks.      Ashburner,   Babcock,  Beasley,   Bristol,    Col- 

CL0TJGH,    COLTON,    DwiGHT,    HlTCHCOCK,  KELLEY,  PrOCTOR,  BtTG- 

gles,  Smith,  Waite  :  these  are  already  laken  from  among 
living  men  !  Another  ten  years  will  doubtless  remove  many 
others.  Let  those  who  then  survive,  spare  no  pains  to  greet 
each  other  at  our  next  appointed  convocation,  and  if  any  of 
us  may  not  be  there,  because  removed  from  earthly  scenes, 
let  our  common  virtues  and  our  common  faith  ensure  us  all  a 
meeting  in  that  world  where  "  there  shall  be  no  more  death." 

JST.  H.  E. 


THE  MEETING  OF  THE  CLASS  OF  1840, 

TWENTY  YEARS  AFTER  ITS  GRADUATION. 


In  accordance  with  a  vote  passed  at  the  meeting  in  1850, 
the  Class  convened  at  the  Tontine  Hotel,  on  the  evening  of 
Wednesday,  July  25th,  1860.  This  meeting  was  happily  pre- 
ceded by  an  informal  reunion,  on  the  previous  evening,  at  the 
house  of  our  honored  classmate,  Charles  R.  Ingersoll,  Esq. 
Twenty  years,  aided  by  the  general  adoption  of  a  manly  style 
of  beard,  had  wrought  wondrous  changes  in  countenances,  so 
that  our  efforts  at  mutual  recognition  and  recollection  were 
both  painful  and  amusing.  It  was  plain,  however,  that  no 
change  had  passed  upon  the  generous  and  cordial  spirit  of  the 
Class  of  1840.  This,  in  every  case,  we  could  recognize,  in  the 
grasp  of  the  hand,  and  the  tone  of  the  voice,  even  though  the 
lines  of  the  face  were  as  bewildering,  for  the  moment,  as  a 
diagram  in  conic  sections,  on  the  recitation  blackboard,  in  the 
olden  times.  This  little  party  was  unexpectedly  enlivened 
by  the  introduction  of  three  little  girls,  about  twelve  years  of 
age,  the  daughters  of  three  of  our  classmates,  Miss  Ingersoll, 
Miss  Shoemaker,  and  Miss  Burnam.  The  children  received 
a  most  cordial  greeting,  and  added  much  to  the  pleasure  of 
the  evening. 

This  little  circumstance  suggested  to  several  of  us  the  idea 
of  connecting  with  the  celebration  of  our  twenty-fifth  anni- 
versary a  similar  informal  party,  at  which  the  wives  and  chil- 
dren of  the  Class  should  be  present,  so  far  as  practicable  and 
convenient. 


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At  this  'meeting  Curtis  F.  Burnam,  our  orator  on  Class 
Day,  was  requested  to  be  our  spokesman  at  the  Alumni 
meeting. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  at  the  meeting  of  1850,  there 
were  present  but  twenty-six  members  of  the  Class,  viz  :  Alley, 
Booth,  Brutn,  Curtis,  Dexter,  Doubledat,  Edwards,  Eggles- 
ton,  Fitch,  T.  E.  Foster,  Hart,  G.  H.  Hollister,  J.  C.  Hollis- 
ter,  Houghton,  Ingersoll,  James,  Knapp,  Lawrence,  Lea- 
vitt,  D.  P.  Notes,  Parsons,  Perrin,  Rankin,  Richards, 
Thaciier,  and  Weight.  Of  this  number,  eighteen  were  pres- 
ent in  1880,  while  three,  viz :  T.  E.  Foster,  Knapp,  and 
Wright,  have  passed  to  a  "  better  country,"  thus  verifying 
the  remark  in  the  report  of  that  meeting,  "  Another  ten  years 
will  doubtless  remove  many  others."  Seven  of  the  Class,  not 
then  present,  have  also  passed  away  since  that  time.  We 
acid,  with  sadness,  these  names  to  the  list  of  the  departed :" 
Grout,  Notes,  Lamb,  Miller,  Pelton,  William  Perkins, 
and  Witmer. 

During  the  first  ten  years  after  our  graduation,  thirteen  of 
our  one  hundred  names  were  numbered  with  the  dead.  Du- 
ring the  last  ten  years  eleven  more  were  added  to  the  list. 
We  give  a  catalogue  of  all  who  have  died,  in  the  order  of 
their  decease : 

Ambrose  ~N.  Hitchcock,  1840. 

Henrt  M.  Proctor,  1841. 

John  B.  Dwight,  1843. 

Peter  R.  Beaslet,  1844. 

John  S.  Kellet,  1844. 

James  Smith,  1846. 
William  E.  Ashburner,        1847. 

James  S.  Babcock,  1847. 

George  H.  Colton,  1847. 

Bagenal  Colclough,  1848. 

Charles  J.  Ruggles,  1349. 

George  C.  Waite,  1849. 

George  G.  Steere,  1849. 

Simeon  C.  Bristol,  1850. 


nany  sad  regrets,  mingle  as 
•ly  dead.  As  we  came  to- 
ie  departed,  involuntarily 
in  the  midst  of  the  hilari- 
id  a  sombre  light  over  the 
unction,  in  a  manner  very 
thoughts  of  eternity,  the 
„JvmuliVO  vi.  mo  nappy  past  ana  tne  anticipations  of  the  myste- 
rious future. 

It  will  be  seen  that  seventy-six  who  graduated  with  the 
Class  are  still  living.  Of  this  number  forty-one  were  present 
at  the  meeting  of  1860,  viz:  Burnam,  J.  C.  Hollister,  Hoyt, 
Goodwin,  Notes,  James,  Dexter,  J.  Few  Smith,  Edwards, 
Douglass,  Lawrence,  Eggleston,  Woodb ridge,  Norris,  Igle- 
hart,  Ingersoll,  McCall,  Day,  Chtlds,  Brinsmade,  Long,  G. 
H.  Hollister,  Marsh,  Gregory,  Fitch,  Curtis,  "Richards, 
Shoemaker,  Doubleday,  Rankin,  Hunt,  Persist,  Thacher 
Houghton,  Hamelim,  Dodge,  Leavitt,  Bronson,  Alley.  Thomp- 
son, Gulliver.  Seymour,  who  left  the  Class,  Sophomore  year, 
and  afterwards  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  was  also  present 
by  invitation.  It  will  of  course  be  impossible  to  reproduce 
"upon  paper  the  scenes  of  the  meeting  itself.  It  continued  from 
8  P.  M.  until  the  dawn  of  the  morning  had  begun  to  spread 
over  the  streets  of  our  university  town,  reminding  us,  as  we 
wended  our  way  to  our  lodgings,  of  the  peculiar  appearance 
of  things,  seen  seldom  enough  since,  at  that  early  hour  when 
we  used  to  grope  sleepily  to  morning  prayers.     This  can  be 


At   this  ^meeting  Curtis  1 
Day,   was   requested  to   be 
meeting. 

It  will  be  remembered  tha 
were  present  but  twenty-six  i 
Booth,  Brutn,  Cuetis,  Dexti 
ton,  Fitch,  T.  E.  Fostee,  Hai 
tee,  Houghton,  Ingersoll,  . 
vitt,  D.  P.  Notes,  Parso 
Thacher,  and  Weight.  Of 
ent  in  1860,  while  three, 
Weight,  have  passed  to  a  ' 
the  remark  in  the  report  of  1 
will  doubtless  remove  many 
then  present,  have  also  pa.1 
add,  with  sadness,  these  na 
Grout,  Notes,  Lamb,  Mill 
and  Witmer. 

During  the  first  ten  years  ancr  um-  gitiuusmuu,  Dmnron  yi 
our  one  hundred  names  were  numbered  with  the  dead.  Du- 
ring the  last  ten  years  eleven  more  were  added  to  the  list. 
We  give  a  catalogue  of  all  who  have  died,  in  the  order  of 
their  decease : 

Ambrose  N.  Hitchcock,  1840. 

Henry  M.  Proctor,  1841. 

John  B.  Dwight,  1843. 

Peter  R.  Beaslet,  1844. 

John  S.  Kellet,  1844. 

James  Smith,  1846. 
William  E.  Ashburner,        1847. 

James  S.  Babcock,  1847. 

George  H.  Colton,  1847. 

Bagenal  Colclough,  1848. 

Charles  J.  Ruggles,  1349. 

George  C.  Waite,  1849. 

George  G.  Steers,  1849. 

Simeon  C.  Bristol,  1850. 


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Thomas  E.  Foster,  1851. 

David  Lame,  1852. 

Edward  Wright,  1852. 

William  Perkins,  1854. 

Oscar  T.  Notes,  1854. 

Joseph  M.  Grout,  1855. 

Theodore  B.  Witmer,  1856. 
Cale  Pelton, 

Charles  J.  Miller,  1859. 

Jared  O.  Knapp,  1860. 

Many  pleasant  memories,  and  many  sad  regrets,  mingle  as 
we  read  this  catalogue  of  the  early  dead.  As  we  came  to- 
gether, the  constant  mention  of  the  departed,  involuntarily 
called  out  by  inquiries,  sometimes  in  the  midst  of  the  hilari- 
ties of  our  pleasant  meeting,  spread  a  sombre  light  over  the 
whole  scene,  and  brought  into  conjunction,  in  a  manner  very 
unusual,  thoughts  of  this  life  and  thoughts  of  eternity,  the 
memories  of  the  happy  past  and  the  anticipations  of  the  myste- 
rious future. 

It  will  be  seen  that  seventy-six  who  graduated  with  the 
Class  are  still  living.  Of  this  number  forty-one  were  present 
at  the  meeting  of  1860,  viz:  Burnam,  J.  C.  Hollister,  BLoyt, 
Goodwin,  Notes,  James,  Dexter,  J.  Few  Smith,  Edwards, 
Douglass,  Lawrence,  Eggleston,  Woods  ridge,  Norris,  Igle- 
hart,  Ingersoll,  McCall,  Day,  Chhlds,  Brinsmade,  Long,  G. 
H.  Hollister,  Marsh,  Gregory,  Fitch,  Curtis,  "Richards, 
Shoemaker,  Doubleday,  Rankin,  Hunt,  Perrin,  Thacher 
Houghton,  Hamelim,  Dodge,  Leavitt,  Bronson,  Alley,  Thomp- 
son, Gulliver.  Seymour,  who  left  the  Class,  Sophomore  year, 
and  afterwards  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  was  also  present 
by  invitation.  It  will  of  course  be  impossible  to  reproduce 
upon  paper  the  scenes  of  the  meeting  itself.  It  continued  from 
8  P.  M.  until  the  dawn  of  the  morning  had  begun  to  spread 
over  the  streets  of  our  university  town,  reminding  us,  as  we 
wended  our  way  to  our  lodgings,  of  the  peculiar  appearance 
of  things,  seen  seldom  enough  since,  at  that  early  hour  when 
we  used  to  grope  sleepily  to  morning  prayers.     This  can  be 


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said,  however,  and  ought  to  be  said,  that  without  any  design 
or  wish  on  the  part  of  any  to  make  it  so,  it  was  a  peculiarly 
earnest  and  thoughtful  meeting.  Burn  am,  who  acted  as 
Chairman,  gave  the  key-note  in  his  opening  address,  when, 
after  reciting  the  usual  incidents  of  his  history,  both  grave  and 
gay,  he  rose  the  second  time  and  added,  that  he  could  not  do 
justice  to  his  narrative  or  to  his  own  feelings  without  saying, 
"lama  different  man  from  what  you  knew  me  in  College." 
Circumstances  related  by  many  of  the  Class,  the  earnest  Christ- 
ian feeling  incidentally  expressed  by  many,  and  especially  the 
circumstantial  accounts,  received  from  several  sources,  of  the 
recent  death  of  that  noble  Christian  man,  Jared  O.  Knapp, 
contributed  to  deepen  the  delightful  impression  of  the  open- 
ing address.  There  was  nothing  sanctimonious  or  studied; 
but  in  the  frank  simplicity  which  characterized  the  meeting, 
the  feelings  of  the  heart  were  allowed  to  bubble  up  as  they 
would.  No  one  who  listened,  could  have  failed  to  receive  the 
impression  that  the  'Class  was  made  up  of  earnest  men,  who 
were  living  for  a  purpose,  and  who,  that  purpose  accomplished, 
were  anticipating  a  life  of  wider  activities  and  purer  joys  here- 
after. 

Classmates  ! — We  are  to  celebrate  our  quarter  century  anni- 
versary five  years  hence.  Will  you  not  all  be  there,  or  if  you 
fall  by  the  way,  will  you  not  leave  a  record  of  noble  deeds — 
of  a  life  made  sublime — over  which  your  Classmates  shall 
then  linger  with  delight  and  honorable  pride  ? 

J.  P.  G. 


POEM, 


BY 


GK    H.    HOLLISTER. 


I. 

We  meet — the  fragments  of  a  noble  band  ; 

A  few  dry  trees,  where  once  a  forest  stood  ; 

Some  lie  beneath  the  flood, 

And  some  are  sleeping  on  a  foreign  strand. 

Some  in  the  city  church-yard,  trembling  ever 

With  the  whirlwind  and  the  strife 

Of  tumultuous  life, 

As  if  the  dust  and  bones  with  wild  endeavor 

Still  were  throbbing ; 

As  if  the  heart  were  sobbing 

With  a  dreary  and  unutterable  woe  ; 

And  some  are  sheltered  from  the  rain  and  the  snow, 

By  the  sloping  thatch  of  sodded  grass 

That  roofs  the  lowly  houses  where  the  vine 

Without  a  porch  is  creeping 

And  the  willow  is  weeping, 

And  the  winds  are  laden  with  a  sigh  as  they  pass 

O'er  the  valley  hushed  and  low  ! 


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II. 


Colcloiigh,  methinks  I  hear  thy  latest  prayer, 

And  feel  the  wafture  of  angelic  wings 

In  the  upper  air  ; 

Thy  pulse  grows  feebler  in  its  flutte  rings, 

While  thy  voice,  still  clear  and  strong, 

Pours  out  a-  blessing  like  a  hallowed  song 

Upon  the  head  of  her  who  bore  thee ; 

She,  who  by  right  of  chastening  years 

And  the  signet-marks  of  tears, 

So  well  might  claim  the  crown  and  harp  before  thee ; 

Bright  as  the  sunshine,  smiling  as  the  flowers, 

Fresh  as  the  dawn  and  sparkling  as  the  dew — 

We  say  farewell — while  these  o'erarcliing  bowers 

Cast  gloomy  shadows,  wanting  you. 

III. 
I  hear  a  song, 

A  low,  sweet  song,  echoing  among  the  hills  ; 
Like  a  bird's  warble,  which  the  woods  prolong 
When  all  his  plumage  thrills 
With  such  a  sadness  as  yon  echo  teaches 
Her  pines,  and  oaks,  and  beeches — 
A  whispered  murmur,  only  not  a  sorrow, 
A  promise  darkened  with  a  fear, 

A  faint  "  good  night,"  how  like  a  fond  "  good  morrow," 
So  doubtfully  it  falls  upon  the  ear ! 
And  now  it  is  a  dirge  that  wakes  the  string, 
Trembling  no  longer  to  the  poet's  touch  ; 
And  in  a  sister's  foot-steps  now  upspring 
The  woodland-flowers  that  Babcock  loved  so  much ; 
Flowers  that  trail  beneath  the  leaves — 
Sad  flowers  that  sigh  with  every  heart  that  grieves. 


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IY. 
Hark !  to  a  bolder  strain, 
A  bugle-blast  upon  the  mountain-side, 
Startling  the  forest  wide. 
Lo,  savage  chiefs,  red  with  the  stain 
Of  battle,  madly  rush  upon  each  other, 
While  their  pale-faced  brother 
Smiles  at  the  war-whoop,  wampum-belt  and  bead 
Spurning  the  simple  creed 
That  gives  a  warrior  rest 
In  yonder  autumn  heaven, 
As  the  fleecy  clouds  are  driven 
Far  to  the  sweet  southwest. 
Thy  fiery  eye 

"Was  like  the  eagle's — in  mid  sky, 
Like  his  thy  flight  triumphant,  free  and  strong — 
Like  his  thy  plumage  rustled  in  the  gale  ; 
Like  him  no  longer  stooping 
From  his  proud  sun-perch  clad  in  sinewy  mail, 
But  with  a  broken  wing,  alas !  how  faint  and  drooping, 
Death-struck,  thou  fall'st  among 
The  innumerable  throng. 
Yet,  Colton,  when  the  frost  and  rain 
Shall  blur  the  record  on  that  humble  stone, 
The  muse  shall  trace  the  name  again 
In  golden  letters  of  her  own ! 

Y. 

See  Wither  'mid  the  immemorial  hills 

Where  he  who  led  the  Greek  ten  thousand  stood  ; 

He  gazes  on  the  boundless  flood 

Heaving  its  surges 

Along  the  shore's  indented  verges  ; 

His  ear  is  pierced  and  his  glad  bosom  thrills, 

As  running  to  and  fro  in  wild  delight, 

He  seems  to  see  the  warriors  down  the  height 

Leap  in  strange  ecstasy, 


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And  hears  that  unforgotten  cry — "  the  sea — the  sea !" 

He  walks  the  shore  whose  sands  still  bear 

The  print  of  Ajax'  and  Achilles'  feet ; 

Sees  the  god's  trident  lifted  high  in  air 

To  smite  the  floods — and  hears  the  syrens  sweet, 

Whose  songs  can  charm  even  dolphins  from  their  play  ; 

Helen,  a  vision  lovelier  than  the  day, 

Haunts  him — and  Thetis,  silver-footed,  flings 

About  his  brow  her  pearly  wreaths  of  spray  ; 

Fretting  the  little  wavelets  into  rings. 

Now  pensive  by  the  urn  of  Ilium — 

Or  bending  with  a  sigh  over  Patroclus'  tomb  ! 

VI. 

Behold  a  gay  ship,  all  her  canvas  spread, 

Cleaving  the  leaden-colored  deep  ; 

And  winds  sweep  o'er  the  surface  scarcely  ruffled, 

And  rain-drops  as  the  very  sky  did  weep, 

Rebound  from  the  dull  waters  with  a  muffled 

Funereal  sound — as  if  they  felt  a  dread 

Prophetic  of  a  fate  ; 

'Tis  he  stands  in  the  prow, 

His  eye  fixed  on  the  white  Hellenic  brow 

Of  a  fair  temple  of  an  olden  date, 

Which  Plato  looked  on  and  wise  Socrates  ; 

Thy  home  Athene,  when  thy  sons  could  boast 

Ruling  the  world — that  they  were  sprung  from  thee : 

Thy  hills  muse-haunted,  vine-clad  terraces, 

Thy  rosy-tinted  sky  and  fond-embracing  sea.      • 

Hark,  'tis  the  tempest  bearing  on  its  wings 

The  close-reefed  coasters,  Mussulman  and  Greek ; 

In  shoals  they  rush,  as  the  broad  billow  flings 

Their  hulks  against  each  other — many  a  shriek 

Pierces  the  heavens,  now  black,  save  where  the  streak 

Of  the  red  lightning  gleams  athwart  their  face ; 

The  ship  hath  found  a  port — the  wanderer  the  embrace 

Of  the  remorseless  seas. 


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Never  shall  sun,  nor  fount,  nor  hill,  nor  breeze, 

Nor  poet's  rhythm,  nor  marble  fane, 

Nor  oracle,  nor  battle  strain, 

Waken  that  ear — kindle  that  eye  again. 

Brother,  farewell! 

The  pale-lipped  shell 

Trembling  with  some  faint  murmur  of  the  sea, 

Remembering  Greece,  shall  whisper  still  of  thee ! 

TIL 

Nor  these  alone,  but  happy — happy  years, 

And  tender  looks,  that  wait  on  quiet  words, 

Fancies,  whose  fingers  touched  the  heart's  best  cords, 

And  dimpling  smiles,  that  chased  away  our  tears  ; 

The  wife  perchance,  the  child,  the  friend,  the  lover, 

Torn  from  the  sight ; 

So  suddenly  the  shadowy  hand  passed  over, 

Glooming  the  forehead  with  the  hues  of  night. 

A  night  without  a  star, 

Or  moonlight-gleam  on  the  wild  waves  to  quiver, 

Hiding  even  the  floating  spar 

To  which  we  clung  in  nakedness  to  shiver, 

And  struggle  with  the  tossings  of  the  main, 

And  wait  and  watch  for  day  which  will  not  dawn  again. 

VIII. 

Farewell  to  these,  to  all — yet  why,  oh,  why ! 

Because  the  bodily  eye 

Counts  you  not  here  to-day,  ye  spirits  blest, 

Because  our  groping  hands  feel  not  the  touch 

Of  hands  now  locked  in  everlasting  rest. 

Why  should  we  deem  you  absent  whom  we  loved  so  much 

Oh,  stay  with  us — sit  at  our  festive  table ; 

Smile  when  we  smile,  and  weep  ye  when  we  weep — 

Now,  as  of  old,  gentle  and  serviceable 

Climb  with  us  yet  again  the  rugged  steep, 

Or  stand  upon  the  shore  of  life's  illimitable  deep. 


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IX. 

For  in  the  universe* 

Which  God  hath  filled  with  immortalities, 

Only  the  outward  form  cumbers  the  hearse, 

And  only  that  wThich  man  calls  substance,  dies. 

While  the  thing  that  he  deems  fleeting — 

The  intangible  ideal  — 

Is  the  true  and  only  real. 

The  pulses  ever  beating 

Warm  in  its  arteries — 

It  wanders  'mid  the  orbs  and  lights  the  skies 

With  rays  of  love  and  looks  of  joy, 

Which  nor  the  lapse  of  time,  nor  flight  of  the  eternities, 

Can  darken  or  destroy. 

X. 

Behold  in  yonder  meadows, 

Where  summer  casts  premonitory  shadows 

Upon  the  lilies  blythe, 

That  wait  the  mower's  scythe 

The  dew- pearls  from  their  tender  breasts  to  sever, 

And  lay  them  in  their  shrouds  forever. 

But  now  they  bloomed  and  now  like  languid  ghosts 

That  pay  the  penalty  of  life's  abuses, 

They  linger  on  the  spot  in  countless  hosts, 

Where  late  they  gave  their  sweet  and  savory  juices, 

With  a  martyr's  sweet  intents, 

To  the  wandering  elements. 

But  mark,  another  spring 

New  shapes  like  these  in  her  young  lap  shall  bring, 

And  scatter  them  with  lavish  hand, 

To  toss  upon  the  billows  of  the  grass, 

Bud  like  their  predecessors,  and  then  pass, 

Giving  in  their  last  sigh  new  fragrance  to  the  breeze. 

But,  oh,  remember,  these  were  semblances 

Of  flowers — not  flowers ; 


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The  perishable  types  of  things 

That  bloom  forever  in  immortal  bowers, 

And  drink  the  waters  of  perennial  springs  ! 

XI. 

The  temple,  ivy-crowned, 

Crumbles  by  slow  decay  through  thousand  years ; 

Its  precious  shafts  and  oriels  on  the  ground 

Are  stained  with  pious  pilgrims'  tears. 

Let  the  stones  fall 

From  the  dull  outer  wall ; 

The  subtler  form, 

The  architect's  ecstatic  dream 

Flashed  from  the  enduring  heavens  still  fresh  and  warm, 

Shall  shed  through  every  clime  its  hallowed  beam. 

The  sculptor's  thought,  was  it  of  marble  made  ? 

And  see — the  colors  from  the  canvas  fade, 

While  the  pictured  vision 

Spreads  its  wings  elysian 

And  dove-like  bears  the  olive  o'er  the  flood, 

To  hush  the  griefs  and  calm  the  rages 

Of  the  ages 

With  the  presence  of  the  lovely  and  the  good. 

XII. 

The  poet's  song, 
Through  time's  mutations, 
Floats  clear  and  strong, 

Flying  beyond  the  bounds  of  states  and  nations, 
Of  all  created  things  most  like  a  soul. 
We  hear  it  breaking 
On  the  strand 
Of  a  far-off,  misty  land, 

To  lull  the  troubled  thought,  and  soothe  the  heart  that's  aching- 
Even  this  may  burst  the  fetters  of  control : 
The  prison-house  of  words 


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Where  its  lengthened  sweet  accords 

Dwelt  so  long, 

May  be  leveled  with  the  dust, 

And  the  poet's  harp  may  rust, 

Till  no  throb  of  life  shall  wake  its  strings  among. 

Yet  think  not  that  the  music  ever  dies — 

Or  loses  the  sweet  order  of  its  birth — 

Its  blessed  harmonies, 

Trembling  in  the  hearts  of  millions,  fill  the  earth. 

Twilight  feels  them, 

Night  reveals  them — 

And  angels  in  mid-flight  from  star  to  star, 

Pause  and  listen — 

And  tears  glisten 

In  eyes  that  welcome  them  from  far  ; 

Kindred  creatures, 

With  such  joy -inspiring  features, 

That  the  cherubim  shall  wait, 

At  the  gate ; 

Swordless — with  their  golden  lyres, 

To  lead  them  to  the  heavenly  choirs. 

XIII. 

If  such  things  cannot  die, 

But  in  new  shapes  preserve  their  primal  being, 

Peopling  the  immensity, 

Endued  with  sense  of  touch  and  power  of  seeing, 

Which  the  soul  answers  to  and  knows; 

Are  ye,  my  brothers,  dead  ? 

Hath  the  heart  ceased  to  beat,  and  is  the  head 

Cold  as  the  winter  snows  ? 

Forever  rest  ye  in  inglorious  sleep  ? 

Is  it  a  fiction  and  a  dream,  to  say 

Ye  live,  breathing  a  purer  air,  creatures  no  longer  of  a  day  ? 

That  in  the  resting  spaces 

Of  your  enlarged  and  heaven-appointed  work, 

Among  the  consecrated  places, 


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Where  gather  still  the  old  familiar  faces 

Ye  fondly  lurk ; 

That  we  do  meet  you  sometimes  on  the  river's  brink, 

And  by  the  fountain  when  we  stoop  to  drink, 

Feel  your  lips  touch  us  with  a  gentle  kiss, 

A  symbol  of  the  bliss 

That  is  your  dear  inheritance,  and  ours. 

Still  ply  your  work,  unfold  your  nobler  powers, 

For  God's  work  is  your  sweetest  rest. 

Yet  oh,  not  seldom  whisper  in  our  ears, 

Some  word  of  comfort,  or  some  tidings  blest, 

Of  what  ye  think,  and  feel,  in  those  celestial  spheres  ! 

XIV. 

'Tis  with  no  common  joy 

We  visit  thee  again,  sweet  mother ; 

Hear  thy  voice  welcome  home  each  truant  boy 

Who  left  thy  shades,  yet  wandering,  found  no  other 

So  calm  and  holy  ; 

Where  wisdom,  unrebuked,  could  wear  the  mask  of  folly, 

And  thoughts  were  tinged  with  pleasing  melancholy, 

And  harsh  realities, 

Uplifted  on  the  wings  of  dreams,  looked  distant  as  the  skies. 

Some  thought  thy  nurture  was  not  always  mild 

And  many  a  wayward  child 

Blamed  thee  for  Greek  which  Homer  wrote,  or  Plato, 

Buried  his  Euclid  even  before  thy  face, 

And  thought  thy  censorship  might  bring  disgrace 

On  that  of  Cato, 

Forgetful  that  thou  art  an  ancient  oracle  and  shrine, 

And  that  thy  fame  is  linked  to  that  of  every  son  of  thine. 

XY. 

Welcome,  thy  gothic  elms,  and  shaded  lanes, 
Thy  rocks,  strong -holds  of  liberty, 
O'erlooking  thy  scant  outline  of  blue  sea ; 
Welcome,  ye  silvery  streams,  ye  spreading  plains  ; 

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Welcome,  bland  Berkeley,  and  stern  Davenport  ; 

The  Chapel  bell, 

The  streams  where  once  we  found  resort, 

To  con  the  books  we  loved  so  well ; 

Welcome  the  teachers,  often  in  our  thought, 

"Whose  heads  are  whiter  grown  since  last  we  met ; 

And  some  there  are,  when  called,  who  answer  not, 

For  whom  our  eyes  are  wet 

With  sorrowing  tears, 

That  they  have  filled  at  last  the  circle  of  their  years. 

XYI. 

And  we  have  wandered  far, 

Chasing  our  separate  phantoms,  worshiping 

Each  his  own  illusive  star. 

One  chased  the  albatross,  whose  wing 

Skimmed  the  waves  of  tropic  seas  ; 

Another  roved  the  fields  and  woods, 

Watching  the  leaf  twirl  in  the  breeze, 

Or  shaping  castle-towers  from  clouds ; 

One  saw  the  hill-side  dressed  in  flowers 

Stretch  far  below  him,  as  he  scaled 

The  steeps  of  medicine  or  law  ; 

Another,  bravely  horsed  and  brightly  mailed, 

The  theologic  sword  was  fain  to  draw 

On  subtle  Archimage  in  secret  bowers  ; 

Each  followed  his  ideal — yet  he  saw, 

Sometimes,  although  the  shape  was  passing  fair, 

Medusa's  serpents  twisted  in  her  hair. 

Then  would  he  conjure  up  the  dreams  of  youth, 

Shadows  of  forgotten  years ; 

Dimmed  with  no  tears, 

Steeped  in  the  colors  of  unfading  truth ; 

Then  sees  he,  rising  through  the  gloom, 

Things  that  were  thoughts,  thoughts  that  were  things, 

Until  the  very  air  within  his  room, 

Rustles  with  unsubstantial  wings. 


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He  hears  a  woodland  brook,  and,  with  its  song, 

A  voice  of  sweet,  bewildering  tone — 

A  brook  whose  surface,  as  it  steals  along, 

Sparkles  with  dimples  lovelier  than  its  own. 

He  sees  the  foot-prints  in  the  dew,  the  blush  at  dim  twilight, 

Pie  feels  the  rapture  thrilling  kiss,  and  hears  the  low  "good 

night;" 
Then  shall  he  turn,  ere  goblin  forms 
Rush  in  to  break  the  spell ; 
And  clasp  each  brother  in  his  arms — 
And  turn  aside — but  never  say  farewell ! 


STATISTICS  OF  THE  CLASS  OF  1840, 


Levi  Abbott,  Wilton,  N.  H.     Born  May  26,  1818. 

In  1843  was  a  lawyer  in  Nashville,  N.  Ii. ;  took  his  A.  M. 
in  1844,  and  in  1848  was  teaching  school  in  Alexandria,  Ya. 
Married,  and  is  now  teaching  school  in  Newark,  New 
Jersey. 

John  B.  Alley,  Boston,  Mass.     Born  April  25,  1821. 
Took  his  A.   M.  in   course,  and  M.  D.  at  Harvard  Univer- 
sity ;  studied  medicine  two  years  in  Paris  ;  is  now  a  prac- 
ticing Physician  in  Boston,  Mass.     Not  married. 

Basilius  Aegyeas,  Epirus,  Greece.  Born  April  15,  1816. 
Soon  after  graduating,  returned  to  Greece,  and  was  engaged 
in  some  revolutionary  movements  there ;  returned  to  Amer- 
ica in  1842,  and  entered  into  business  in  Boston,  first  as  a 
clerk  in  a  wholesale  leather  establishment,  and  afterwards 
on  his  own  account.  Was  somewhat  successful  in  business. 
In  1849  he  sailed  for  California,  but  was  wrecked  in  the 
Straits  of  Magellan.  He  however  reached  San  Francisco, 
where  he  was  in  1850.     He  is  not  married. 

*  William  E.  Ashbuenee,  Philadelphia,  Penn.     Born  March 
22,  1815. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course;  was  in  the  book  business,  for  a 
time,  in  Philadelphia,  and  then  became  a  teacher.     He  died 
in  Philadelphia,  in  1847. 

Gaewood  H.  Atwood,   "Woodbury,   Conn.      Born  December 
6,  1816. 
Studied  medicine  at  Yale,  and  is  a  practitioner  in  Wood- 
bury, Conn.     Is  married. 


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Edward  M.  Avery,  New  Haven.  Born  March  25,  1819. 
Studied  law  and  opened  an  office  in  Wooster,  Ohio.  In 
ISM  he  moved  to  St.  Louis,  in  circumstances  of  great  ad- 
versity ;  he  however  soon  became  the  head  of  the  St.  Louis 
Academy,  and  became  Superintendent  of  the  city  schools. 
Is  now  Principal  of  Webster  College,  at  Webster  Station, 
on  the  Pacific  Railroad,  near  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Is  married, 
but  has  no  children. 

**  James  S.  Babcock,  Coventry,  Conn.  Born  November  17, 
1815. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  1844;  spent  some  time  at  the  South. 
He  died  calmly  and  contented,  in  1847,  in  Coventry,  Conn. 
He  left  unpublished  manuscript  poems  in  the  hands  of  his 
classmates,  Messrs.  D.  P.  Noyes  and  Colton ;  but  on  the 
decease  of  the  latter,  they  were  handed  over  to  his  classmate 
Goodwin,  under  whose  superintendence  they  were  published 
by  Mr.  Babcock's  sister,  with  a  biography. 

*  Peter  R.  Beasley,  Brunswick  County,  Va.     Born  1816. 
Moved  to  Huntsville,  Ala.,  and  became  a  planter.     He  died 
in  1844,  of  congestive  fever.     Not  married. 

Christopher   J.  Beirne,  Union,  Monroe  County,  Ya.     Born 
July  9,  1819. 
Is  a  lawyer  in  Virginia,  and  has  represented  the  County  of 
Monroe  in  the  State  Legislature. 

Theodore  II.   Benedict,  New  York  City.     Born  March  13, 
1821. 
Took  his  A.  M.'  in  1844.     Is  now  residing  upon  his  farm,  in 
Tarrytown,  N.  Y.     Has  been  a  member  of  the  Senate  of 
the  State  of  New  York.     Not  married. 

Henry  Booth,  Roxbury,  Conn.  Born  August  19,  1818. 
Taught  school  one  year  in  Wellsboro,  Peim.  Studied 
law  in  Litchfield  and  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  commenced 
the  practice  in  Towanda,  Bradford  County,  Penn.,  where 
he  resided  until  the  spring  of  1856,  when  he  removed 
to  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  and  took  charge  of  the  Law 
Department  of  the  State  and  National  Law  School.  In 
June,   1858,   he   left   the   School,  and  engaged  in  the  prac- 


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tice  of  the  law  in  Poughkeepsie.  In  July,  1859,  he  re- 
moved to  Chicago,  111.,  and  is  now  at  the  head  of  the  Law 
Department  in  the  University  of  Chicago.  He  was  the 
Deputy  Attorney-General  for  Bradford  County,  Penn. 
Married  Miss  Ellen  Morris,  and  has  five  children. 

William  B.  Brinsmade,  Washington,  Conn.  Born  May  10, 
1819. 
Is  a  Civil  Engineer,  and  has  been  employed  upon  most  of 
the  recently  constructed  railroads  in  Connecticut.  Since 
1856  has  been  Superintendent  of  the  Connecticut  River 
Railroad.  In  1850  married  Miss  Chapin,  of  Springfield, 
Mass.,  and  has  three  children.  Is  now  residing  at  Spring- 
field, Mass. 

*  Simeon  C.  Bristol,  Rochester,  N.  T.  Born  April  24,  1818. 
Went  to  Milwaukie,  where  he  studied  law  with  W.  P. 
Lynde,  Esq.  In  1843  he  removed  to  Beaver  Dam,  Dodge 
County,  Wisconsin,  where  he  commenced  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  and  in  1845  represented  that  county  in  the 
Legislature.  He  married  Miss  Ordway,  of  Wisconsin,  and 
had  one  child.  In  1849  went  to  California,  where  he  died 
in  February,  1850,  of  chronic  diarrhea. 

William  A.  Beonson,  New  Haven,  Conn.  Born  June  4, 
1817. 
Studied  medicine  and  took  the  degree  of  M.  D.  at  Yale  ; 
entered  upon  his  profession  in  Westchester  County,  N. 
Y.,  from  thence  removing  to  New  York  City,  where  he 
is  now  a  Dentist.  He  has  the  reputation  of  being  one  of 
the  most  successful  Dentists  in  the  city,  and  has  made  some 
important  improvements  in  dental  instruments.  In  1844  he 
married  Miss  Raymond,  of  New  Haven. 

Johannes  Bruyn,  "Ulster  County,  'N.  Y.  Born  May  16,  1820. 
Studied  law  at  Kingston,  New  York,  where  he  now  resides, 
in  the  practice  of  that  profession.     Is  married. 

Curtis  F.  Burnam,  Richmond,  Ky.     Born  May  24,  1820. 
Took  the   degree   of   LL.  B.   at  Transylvania  University, 
Ky.,   in  1842,    and  of  A.  M.  at  Yale,  in  1846  ;  was  ad- 


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mitted  to  the  bar  in  1843,  and  has  since  remained  in  the 
practice    of  his   profession,  at  Richmond,    Ky.     In  May, 
1845,  married  Miss  Sarah  H.  Rollins,  of  Boone   County, 
Mo.,   and    has  six  children, — four  boys   and   two  girls, — 
the  eldest  of  whom  was  at  New  Haven,  at  the  Class-meet- 
ing.    In  1851  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  of  Kentucky, 
from  the  County  of  Madison,  and  in  1852  was  chosen  one 
of  the  Presidential  Electors  from   Kentucky,  to   vote   for 
Scott  and  Graham.     In  1853  declined  the  candidacy  for  a 
seat  in  the  United  States  Congress,  from  his  District,  with 
an  absolute  certainty  of  an  election,  as  the  candidate  of  his 
party  !     In  1859,  again  represented  his  County  in  the  State 
Legislature,  and  in  1860  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional 
Union  Convention  which  assembled  at  Baltimore,  in  May. 
William  Chauvenet,  Philadelphia,  Penn.     Born  1819. 
Received  his  A.  M.  in  course,  and  for  several  years  was 
Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the  U.  S.  Naval  Academy  at 
Annapolis,  Md.     He  has  published   several   Mathematical 
works,  and  ranks  as  one  of  the  most  prominent  mathemati- 
cians of  the  country.     For  the  last  year  he  has  been  Pro- 
fessor of  Mathematics  and  Astronomy  in  "Washington  Uni- 
versity, St.  Louis,  Mo.     Married  Miss  Hemphill  in  1842, 
and  has  six  children,  the  oldest  a  son  about  IT  years  of  age. 
Post  Office  address,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Enoch  L.  Childs,  Henniker,  1ST.  H.     Born  Oct,  6,  1810. 

Was  married  in  1810  to  Miss  Harriett  Long,  and  went 
immediately  South ;  taught  school  several  years  in  Mont- 
gomery, Ala.,  but  since  1846  has  been  a  Railroad-bridge 
contractor  at  the  North,  in  company  with  his  brothers. 
Has  no  children.  His  present  residence  is  Concord,  E".  H. 
*  Bagenal  Colclotjgh,  Wexford,  Ireland.  Born  October  20, 
1820. 
Studied  law  at  Cambridge,  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
in  1843.  He  then  went  to  Ireland,  and  from  there  brought 
his  parents  to  this  country.  He  entered  into  partnership  in 
the  practice  of  law  with  his  brother,  at  Montgomery,  Ala.  ; 
but  his  health  gradually  failed  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred July  20,  1848,  in  DeKalb    County,  Miss.,  whither 


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lie  had  gone  for  relief.  His  disease  was  consumption. 
"Young  as  he  was,"  says  an  obituary  notice  in  a  Montgom- 
ery paper,  "  he  met  death  without  fear,  and  surrendered 
this  life  with  but  little  regret.  He  died  with  the  Christian's 
hope  of  immortality,  and  as  the  hour  of  dissolution  came 
nearer,  his  mind  became  clearer,  his  thoughts  more  ele- 
vated, and  his  hopes  brighter.  His  death  will  long  be  a 
source  of  deep  regret  to  his  friends  and  acquaintance ;  but 
none  can  tell  how  terrible  the  shock  to  his  family.  They 
never  more  in  this  life  shall  see,  '  face  to  face,'  the  good 
and  dutiful  son — the  kind,  gentle  and  affectionate  brother." 
He  was  not  married. 

*  George  H.  Colton,  Westford,  N.  Y.  Born  Oct.  15,  1818. 
Immediately  after  graduating,  taught  school  in  Hartford, 
Conn.;  published  his  poem  "Tecumseh,"  soon  afterwards. 
He  was  engaged  in  literary  pursuits  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  at  New  York  city,  December  1,  1847.  He  es- 
tablished the  American  (Whig)  Review,  and  was  its  able 
editor  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

William  B.  Curtis,  Exeter,  N.  Y.     Born  June  5,  1812. 

Studied  theology  at  New  Haven,  and  became  a  Clergyman 
in  Humphreysville,  Conn.,  and  afterwards  in  Huntington, 
Conn.  In  1858  removed  to  Plumstead,  N.  J.,  and  in  Dec. 
1859,  became  Pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Bran- 
ford,  Conn.,  where  he  now  resides.  Is  married,  and  has  two 
sons  and  one  daughter,  having  lost  one  child. 

Charles  Day,  Washington,  Conn.  Born  August  18,  1818. 
Studied  law  three  years  after  graduating  and  took  his  A.  M. 
in  course.  He  has  been  engaged  in  mercantile  life  m  Apa- 
lachicola,  Fa.,  and  New  Orleans,  La.,  since  graduating.  Has 
visited  Europe,  and  since  1856  has  resided  in  New  York. 
Not  married. 

Giles  H.  Deshon,  New  London,  Conn.     Born  March,  1820. 
Is  an  Episcopal  Clergyman  ;  at  present  settled  in  the  Par- 
ish of  Meriden,  Conn.     He  has  been  to  Europe  since  gradu- 
ating, and  has  had  Parishes  at  Windham  and  Glastenbury. 
He  is  married  and  has  two  child ren.v 


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John  Devereaux,  Raleigh,  N.  C.     Born  December  12, 1819. 
Became  a  planter  in  North  Carolina,  soon  after  graduating. 
In   1843  he  married  Miss   Mordecai   of  Raleigh,  and   has 
eight  children.     His  Post  Office  address  is  Raleigh,  ~N.  C. 

Henry  M.  Dexter,  Boston,  Mass.  Born  Aug.  13,  1821. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course  ;  studied  theology  at  Andover, 
after  teaching  some  time  at  Rochester,  Mass.  Was  first 
Pastor  of  Franklin  Street  Church,  Manchester,  E".  H., 
whence  in  1849  he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  is  now 
Pastor  of  the  Pine  Street  Congregational  Church.  Has  been 
for  the  last  few  years  sole  editor  of  the  Boston  "  Congrega- 
tionalist."  Has  also  established  the  "  Congregational  Quar- 
terly," of  which  he  is  one  of  the  editors.  Married  Miss 
Emeline  Palmer,  of  Boston,  and  has  a  son  and  two  daugh- 
ters, having  lost  a  daughter. 

Richard  Y.  Dodge,  Springfield,  111.  Born  Aug.  4,  1822. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course.  Having  studied  theology  at 
Princeton,  "N.  J.,  he  became  Pastor  of  a  Presbyterian 
Church,  at  Princeton,  Ind.  From  there  he  removed  to 
Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  and  thence  to  Springfield,  111.  Is  now 
Pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  Church  in  Wheeling,  Va,  Mar- 
ried Mis3  Ridgely  in  1845,  and  has  four  children. 

John  M.  Doubleday,  Binghampton,  N.  Y.  Born  March  13, 
1821. 
Taught  school  for  a  while,  but  his  health  having  failed,  he 
became  a  merchant  in  1846.  He  is  now  an  Umbrella  manu- 
facturer at  136  William  street,  New  York  city,  and  resides 
in  Brooklyn.  Yisited  Europe  four  years  since.  Married, 
and  has  two  children. 

John  W.  Douglas,  Trenton,  K  Y.  Born  April,  1818. 
Taught  school  at  the  South  for  some  time  ;  studied  theology, 
and  in  1848  went  as  a  Missionary  to  California,  and  in  1819 
took  charge  of  a  Church  at  San  Jose,  for  eighteen  months. 
For  four  years  publisher  of  a  religious  paper  called  "  The 
Pacific."  In  May,  1855,  returned  to  the  East,  and  has  since 
resided  at  Trenton,  Oneida  Co.,  1ST.  Y.     Is  not  married. 

*  John  B.  Dwight,  Norwich,  Conn.     Born  December  8,  1821. 
Was  engaged  the  first   year  after  graduating  in  teaching. 


hi     Alpha, 


ROLL    FOR     1867. 


Descend,  0  Muse  !  thine  aid  and  comfort  bring, 
While  I  attempt  Chi  Alpha's  Roll  to  sing  ; 
Propitious  smile  upon  my  humble  aim, 
To  speak  in  fitting  words  each  honored  name. 

ADAMS. 

Adams  !  the  ever-genial,  courteous,  kind, 
With  grace  of  person,  joined  to  grace  of  mind, 
For  thirty  years  thy  name  has  led  the  roll, 
A  name  beloved  by  every  generous  soul. 

BID  WELL. 

Bidwell  !  thy  name  presents  itself  to  view — 
The  printer  gives  thee  rank  as  number  two ; 
Long  mayst  thou  live  to  offer  to  our  age 
The  Eclectic's  numbers  and  the  "  Preacher's  "  page. 

BOOTH. 

There  follows  now  an  ardent,  generous  youth, 
Son  of  an  honored  sire — his  name  is  Booth  ; 
Though  other  fame  should  leave  him  in  the  lurch, 
Be  this  his  crown  :  a  crowded  down-town  church. 

BURCHAJKD. 

Burchard  stands  next  upon  Chi  Alpha's  roll, 
With  portly  body,  and  with  genial  soul ; 
A  faithful  worker  he,  and  loved  the  while, 
For  none  more  sure  to  win  the  circle's  smile. 


CHAMBERS. 

Next  follows  Chambers,  whose  clear  piercing  eye 

Can  all  the  mists  of  sophistry  defy : 

Swift  flies  his  arrow,  and  though  sharp  withal, 

The  barbed  shaft  is  never  dipped  in  gall, 

But  fairly  shot ;  and  when  the  fight  is  done, 

A  modest  bearing  marks  the  victory  won. 

CHEE  VElt. 

Cheever  !  the  champion  of  the  oppressed  thou  art  ; 

Of  modest  presence,  but  of  lion  heart  ; 

Bold  to  denounce  the  sinner's  treacherous  wiles, 

In  Andy  Johnson  or  in  Deacon  Giles. 

Fight  on,  till  Death  shall  guide,  with  kindly  hand, 

Thy  Pilgrim's  Progress,  to  a  peaceful  land. 

COB. 

As  down  the  list  of  honored  names  we  go, 
We  find  a  class-mate  in  the  name  of  Coe  ; 
Noble  his  work,  to  toil  with  heart  and  hand 
To  send  the  Gospel  through  his  native  land. 

COX. 

Hail  !  three  times  hail !  thou  patriarch  of  our  host, 

Without  thy  name  our  glory  would  be  lost  ; 

Thou  art  our  ^  ne  plus  ultra''''  of  desire  ! 

Our  circle  glows  with  meteoric  fire 

When  from  thy  brilliant  brain  the  kindling  ray 

Turns  blackest  darkness  into  brightest  day. 

Well  dost  thou  blend  the  wisdom  of  the  sage 

With  all  the  gentleness  of  infant  age  ; 

In  thee,  the  Master's  lessons  aptness  find — 

A  child  in  malice,  but  a  man  in  mind  ; 

"  Serus  in  ccelum"  speaks  each  friendly  heart, 

Late  be  the  clay  that  forces  us  to  part. 

Deep  graven  in  our  breasts  as  in  the  rocks, 

Shall  ever  live  the  honored  name  of  Cox  ! 


CROSBY. 

As  on  the  roll  another  name  we  seek, 
We  find  a  brother  in  a  learned  Greek  ; 
Professor,  Preacher,  Pastor,  all  in  one, 
The  name  of  Crosby  sure  must  stand  alone. 

CUTLER. 

Cuyler  !  thou  art  the  archer  of  our  band, 
Thy  straying  arrows  whistle  through  the  land  ; 
Yet  thy  domestic  quiver  fills  not  once,  but  twice — 
"  Insatiate  archer,  could  not  one  suffice  f" 

nun  yea. 

Upon  the  roll  a  vacant  place  we  see — 
May  God  still  guide  and  guard  our  friend  Duryea  ! 
Command  the  winds,  and  bid  the  roaring  main, 
To  bring  him  safely  home  to  us  again. 

nWIGHT. 

No  name  of  ancient  school-man  shines  more  bright 
Than  that  which  next  appears,  the  name  of  Dwight  ! 
Language  to  him  her  tribute  rich  should  bear, 
Her  champion  he,  and  learned  interpreter. 

EASTMAW--HALLOCK. 

Eastman  and  Hallock  !  nobile  fratrum  par; 
Friends  to  your  country  and  the  world  ye  are  ; 
How  many  wandering  souls  to  heaven  ye  guide, 
By  leaves  of  life  ye  scatter  far  and  wide. 

EEliRIS. 

Another  name  Chi  Alpha's  genius  calls, 
And  Ferris  answers  from  his  classic  halls  ; 
His  the  high  task  to  fill  the  youthful  mind 
With  knowledge — genial  friend  to  all  mankind, 
Long  be  he  spared  to  fill  his  honored  place, 
The  Christian  teacher  of  the  rising  race  ! 


FIELD. 

But  presses  Time,  and  to  his  touch  we  yield7 
And  call  upon  our  roll  the  name  of  Field  ! 
That  name,  far  honored  as  a  name  can  be, 
Is  writ  by  lightning,  deep  beneath  the  sea  ; 
'Tis  his  to  furnish,  blessed  work  we  feel, 
The  glad  Evangel  of  the  Church's  weal. 

GANSE. 

Let  now  the  next  upon  the  list  advance — 
Welcome  our  genial  friend  and  brother,  Ganse  ! 
A  man  so  sturdy  both  in  heart  and  brain, 
May  well  resist  the  "  Doctor"  might  and  main. 

HASTINGS. 

Hastings  !  thy  name  brings  music  to  our  ears  ; 
And  may  the  mantle  which  thy  father  wears 
Be  worn  by  thee,  until  'tis  kindly  given, 
To  join  him  'mid  the  harmonies  of  heaven. 

HATFIELD. 

A  name  well  known  and  honored  in  our  midst, 
Comes  next  in  order  on  Chi  Alpha's  list  ; 
A  faithful  pastor  and  a  learned  clerk  ; 
A  man  well  tested  in  the  Master's  work, 
Long  may  his  bow  abide  in  strength,  and  still 
Through  Hatfield's  arms,  a  nervous  vigor  thrill. 

HITCHCOCK. 

How  shall  I  mention  in  befitting  terms 
A  name  at  sound  of  which  our  bosom  warms, 
Whose  kindling  words  from  sacred  desk  or  stand, 
Have  charmed  the  ears  of  thousands  through  the  land. 
Who  lifted  high  his  voice  when  treason  raged, 
And  cheered  the  fight  that  for  the  truth  was  waged. 
Now  in  the  peaceful  shades  of  Christian  lore, 
Where  noble  minds  have  toiled  in  days  of  yore. 


No  longer  stirred  by  war,  or  tempest-tossed, 
He  trains  the  leaders  of  the  sacred  host. 
Gladly  upon  Chi  Alpha's  roll,  we  scan 
The  name  of  Hitchcock,  every  inch  a  man. 

HVTTOK. 

And  now  another  rises  to  our  view, 

The  tallest  preacher  of  the  circle  too. 

To  rise  as  high,  is  Hutton's  favored  lot, 

As  Abram  Lincoln,  or  as  General  Scott. 

Great  is  his  body,  greater  still  his  heart, 

From  which  all  kindly  virtues  never  part  ; 

And  yet  though  strong  he  be,  and  never  stronger, 

Not  one  in  all  this  circle  wants  him  longer. 

KITTREDGE. 

Among  the  juniors  of  this  honored  band, 
Is  one  who  joined  us  from  a  distant  land  : 
Gladly  we  welcome,  from  that  golden  shore, 
In  Kittredge,  something  of  the  genuine  ore. 

KREBS. 

Sadly  we  miss  from  his  accustomed  place, 
The  sight  of  Krebs's  well-remembered  face  ; 
Sadly  we  miss  his  strong  and  hearty  speech  ; 
His  genial  humor,  well  admired  by  each  ; 
Humbly  we  pray  that  He  whose  wondrous  skill 
Drove  sickness  from  its  victim  at  his  will, 
Will  kindly  lighten  his  correcting  hand, 
And  add  our  brother  to  this  friendly  band. 

MURRAY. 

Murray,  though  last  to  join  Chi  Alpha's  roll, 
Thou  art  not  reckoned  least  upon  the  scroll  ; 
Long  mayst  thou  live,  and  nobly  live  to  fill 
Thy  high  and  honored  place  on  "  Muri'ay  Hilly 


O  WEN. 

Owen  !  thy  name  should  echo  round  the  ring, 
Thy  praise  should  all  this  grateful  circle  sing  ; 
Well  may  we  thank  with  all  Chi  Alpha's  votes, 
The  chiel  that  is  among  its  taking  notes. 

PABKEB. 

But  sadness  seizes  now  this  friendly  band, 
For  one  in  exile  in  a  foreign  land  ; 
Joel,  our  prophet,  will  he  ne'er  return  ? 
Has  Parker  really  cut  the  old  concern  ? 
Scarce  in  a  twelvemonth  have  we  seen  his  face, 
And  Jersey  holds  him  fast  in  her  embrace. 

FOB  TEH. 

But  still  Chi  Alpha's  roll  is  not  complete  ; 
For  Brooklyn,  of  Intelligence  the  seat, 
Sends  us  a  Porter — there's  not  many  such — 
To  tell  us  what  is  doing  'mid  the  Dutch  ! 
Two  thrones  he  fills,  and  does  two  sceptres  wield — 
More  than  can  e'en  be  said  of  Brother  Field  ; 
The  Pulpit  and  the  Press,  at  home  with  each, 
Give  him  and  Truth  their  mighty  power  of  speech. 

PRENTISS. 

Next  on  the  roll,  and  bound  with  "  Covenant "  bands 
To  all  our  hearts,  the  name  of  Prentiss  stands  ; 
An  affluent  learning  and  a  generous  heart 
In  him  are  linked  together,  ne'er  to  part, 
Foe  to  all  treason,  bondage,  every  crime  ; 
The  Christian,  patriot,  scholar  of  the  time. 

BO  GEMS. 

Of  Rogers  only  this,  and  nothing  more  : 

He  tries  to  fill  his  place  upon  the  score, 

And  though  the  martyr's  crown  he  may  not  take, 

He  never  flinches  from  a  heated  (steak  !) 


And  like  his  martyr  kinsman  sooth  is  he, 
For  wife  and  children  ten,  make  up  his  family. 
But  this  he  claims,  that  in  his  warmest  heart, 
Each  brother  of  this  circle  has  a  part. 
And  when  he's  gone,  say  this,  if  then  you  can, 
We  might  have  better  spared  a  better  ///an." 

S  CHAFF. 

But  see,  the  Muse,  impatient  of  such  chaff, 

Now  bows  her  reverent  head  to  honor  Schaff  ! 

A  Christian  scholar,  born  across  the  sea 

In  Calvin's  land,  and  Calvinist  is  he. 

The  Muse  of  History,  his  praises  sings, 

And  loud  from  other  lands  the  echo  rings. 

This,  his  adopted  country,  hails  her  son, 

For  years,  she  trusts,  a  brilliant  course  to  run. 

SHEni). 

With  glad  and  grateful  pleasure,  be  it  said, 
That  on  our  roll  we  find  the  name  of  Shedd. 
'Twas  his  with  patient  hand  the  course  to  trace 
Of  Christian  doctrine  from  its  starting-place  ; 
The  devious  maze  of  error  foul  to  scan, 
And  vindicate  Redemption's  wondrous  plan. 
Hard  were  the  task,  to  find  from  sea  to  shore 
A  mind  so  filled  with  theologic  lore. 

SKINJVFK. 

And  next  upon  Chi  Alpha's  list  we  find 

A  name  revered  by  every  generous  mind  ; 

Long  in  the  foremost  rank  has  Skinner  stood, 

Of  those  who  battle  for  the  true  and  good  ; 

Long  has  the  spirit  of  the  Master  mild 

Rested  on  him,  a  loved  and  honored  child. 

Cloudless  and  pure  as  sinks  his  setting  sun, 

Then  comes  the  plaudit,  "  Servant  of  God,  well  done  !" 


H.  B.   SMITH. 

But  now  upon  our  honored  scroll  we  scan 
A  common  name,  but  yet  no  common  man  I 
For  force  of  logic,  learning,  mental  pith, 
Where  is  the  scholar  that  can  vie  with  Smith  ? 
Far  must  we  travel,  would  we  hope  to  find. 
A  purer,  keener,  philosophic  mind. 

T.    11.    SMITH. 

Again  that  most  familiar  name  we  trace 
In  him  who  fills  the  Presidential  place. 
Not  his  to  rule  o'er  a  divided  land, 
Or  stretch  the  sceptre  o'er  a  rebel  band  ; 
He  guides  the  circle  with  a  modest  grace, 
And  holds  in  every  heart  a  welcome  place. 

SPA  ZTLDIKG. 

And  now  to  Spaulding  let  our  meed  be  given, 
That  man  of  genial  face,  and  temper  even  ; 
To  all  Chi  Alpha's  meetings  ever  true, 
He  sticks  as  closely  as  his  namesake's  glue. 
Where  had  Chi  Alpha's  priceless  records  been 
But  for  his  faithful  hand  and  ready  pen  ? 

WOOD. 

Last,  but  not  least,  upon  this  honored  roll, 
Is  one  who  sends  the  Everlasting  Scroll 
Far  from  the  regions  of  the  Gospel  light 
To  lands  that  lie  beneath  the  shades  of  night. 
For  such  a  work,  so  glorious  and  so  good, 
What  name  so  fitting  as  our  Brother  Wood  ? 

Our  roll  is  ended  — may  each  honored  name, 

Borne  through  these  earthly  scenes  of  toil  and  strife, 

Stand  crowned  with  bright  and  everlasting  fame 
On  the  fair  pages  of  the  Book  of  Life  ! 


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He  received  his  A.  M.  in  course,  and  in  1843  became  a 
Tutor  in  Yale  College ;  he  was  also  attached  to  the  Yale 
Law  School.  He  died  October  20,  1843,  from  a  knife 
wound  received  while  endeavoring,  as  Tutor,  to  quell  a  dis- 
turbance among  the  students. 

Jonathan  Edwards,  Andover,  Mass.  Born  July  17,  1820. 
Received  his  A.  M.  in  course  ;  taught  school  in  Lunenburg, 
Va.,  and  in  Gorham  and  Augusta,  Me. ;  studied  theology 
at  New  Haven  and  Andover,  and  was  the  Pastor  of  a  Con- 
gregational Church  in  "Woburn,  Mass.,  till  1856,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  where  he  now  resides.  In  1848 
married  Miss  Frances  S.  Bronson,,  and  has  two  children. 

Nathaniel  H.  Eggleston,  Hartford,  Conn.  Bom  May  7, 1822. 
Immediately  after  graduating  engaged  in  the  study  of  law, 
at  Hartford ;  was  afterwards  a  resident  graduate  at  New 
Haven,  where  he  studied  theology,  and  in  1845  became 
Pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  Ellington,  Conn.,  at 
which  place  he  remained  until  1850.  He  was  for  a  time  in 
New  Haven,  the  acting  Pastor  of  the  First  Congregational 
Society,  during  the  absence  of  Rev.  Dr.  Bacon  in  Europe. 
In  1851  removed  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  thence,  in  1853, 
to  Chicago,  111.,  to  take  the  charge  of  a  Church  and  a  re- 
ligious newspaper.  Remaining  there  two  years,  he  then  re- 
moved to  Madison,  Wisconsin,  remaining  till  I860,  when  he 
resigned  his  charge  and  came  East.  Post  Office  address, 
for  the  present,  Providence,  R.  I.  He  was  married  July 
30,  1844,  to  Miss  Sarah  Ann  Winship,  of  Hartford,  Conn., 
and  has  three  children. 

Stuart  W.  Fisk,  Natchez,  Miss.     Born  August  28,  1820. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course  ;  studied  law  and  received  LL.  B. 
at  Harvard,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Natchez  Bar  in  1843. 
In   18-16-7,  he   was   traveling  in  Europe.     He  resides   at 
Natchez,  and  is  not  married. 

Lucius  W.  Fitch,  New  Haven.     Born  July  25,  1820. 

Took  his  A.  M.  in  course.  Soon  after  graduation,  was  for  a 
few  months  connected  with  the  religious  press  in  Boston, 
Mass.  Studied  medicine,  but  did  not  practice.  In  1845, 
engaged   in   farming  in   the   town  of  Huntingto^   Conn., 


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where  he  resided  two  years.  In  1847  removed  to  New 
Haven.  From  1849  to  185T,  was  a  Bookseller  in  New 
Haven.  Since  the  latter  period,  has  been  employed  in  the 
office  of  the  Treasurer  of  Yale  College.  Within  the  last 
five  or  six  years,  has  ^evoted  much  of  his  time  to  literary 
pursuits.  Was  married  in  1845  to  Miss  Sarah  P.  Tufts,  of 
New  Haven,  and  has  had  five  children,  of  whom  two  are 
now  living. 

Stephen  C.  Foster,  East  Machias,  Me.     Born  1820. 

On  graduating,  went  to  the  South,  and  in  1843  was  en- 
gaged in  Alabama,  teaching.  He  subsequently  studied 
medicine  in  New  Orleans,  and  in  1846  was  a  Physician  in 
Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico.  He  was  afterwards  in  Chihuahua, 
and  in  1848  was  reported  to  the  Class  as  "  probably  killed 
by  the  Indians."  But  in  a  published  sketch  of  the  members 
of  the  Convention  to  form  a  Constitution  for  the  State  of 
California,  there  is  mentioned  among  the  delegates  from 
Sonora,  "Stephen  C.  Foster,  aged  twenty-eight,  born  in 
East  Machias,  Me.,  removed  to  Missouri,  thence  to  Pueblo 
de  los  Angelos ;  has  lived  in  California  three  years ;  an 
agriculturist."  Has  been  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  of 
California,  and  several  times  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Los 
Angelos,  where  he  now  resides.  He  married  a  Spanish  lady 
there,  of  one  of  the  old  families  of  the  country,  and  has  one 
daughter. 

*  Thomas  E.  Foster,  Andover,  Mass.  Born  Dec.  16,  1820. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course;  taught  school  some  time,  and 
was  for  several  years  an  instructor  in  Philip's  Academy, 
Andover.  Studied  theology  at  Andover,  preached  in  Ver- 
mont ;  was  not  ordained  or  married,  and  died  at  Andover, 
in  1851. 

John  B.  Gardiner,  New  York  City.     Born  Sept.  9,  1821. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course  ;  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  New  York  city.     Is  still  practicing  his  profession 
in  New  York,  residing  in  Brooklyn.     Married,  Oct.  1,  1857, 
and  has  one  child. 

Henry  M.  Goodwin,  Hartford,  Conn.     Born  June,  1820. 
Studied  theology  at  New  Haven  and  New  York.     In  1850 


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went  to  Chicago,  and  thence  to  Alton  and  Rockford,  111., 
where  he  is  now  settled  as  Pastor  of  a  Congregational 
Church.  Married  in  1854  Miss  Martha  French,  of  Bath,  jN". 
H.,  and  has  two  children. 

Samuel  Gregory,  Guilford,  Yt.     Born  April  19,  1813. 

Received  his  A.  M.  in  1845  ;  after  graduating  he  was  for  a 
time  engaged  with  his  brother,  George  Gregory,  in  diffusing 
facts  and  physiological  information,  by  means  of  pamphlets, 
upon  solitary  habits  affecting  the  health  of  the  young ;  he 
also,  for  a  few  months,  gave  attention  to  the  then  absorb- 
ing subject  of  Mesmerism,  its  phenomena  and  its  applica- 
tion to  the  cure  of  disease.  He  was,  however,  more  or  less 
occupied,  for  the  first  six  years,  in  teaching  English  Gram- 
mar, mostly  to  evening  classes  in  manufacturing  towns,  on 
a  popular  plan.  He  wrote  and  compiled  a  History  of 
Mexico,  at  the  time  of  the  war  with  that  country.  In  1847, 
he  engaged  in  an  enterprise  that  has  occupied  his  exclusive 
attention  to  the  present  time — the  medical  education  of 
women.  The  result  has  been  the  establishment  of  the 
"  New  England  Female  Medical  College,"  located  in  Bos- 
ton. The  College  includes  a  hospital  department  for  women 
and  children,  for  the  practical  education  of  its  students  and 
the  benefit  of  patients.  The  Massachusetts  Legislature  has 
encouraged  it  by  a  liberal  charter  and  pecuniary  appropria- 
tions ;  bequests  have  been  left  to  it  to  the  amount  of  over 
$30,000,  and  it  seems  likely  to  become  a  well  endowed  and 
very  useful  public  institution.  He  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1853.  He  resides  in  Boston, 
and  is  not  married. 

*  Joseph  M.  Grout,  Westboro,  Mass.  Born  Sept.  11,  J  814. 
Eeceived  his  A.  M.  in  course  ;  studied  theology,  after  teach- 
ing awhile,  and  was  for  several  years  a  Missionary  of  the 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  at  Warsaw,  111.,  where 
he  died  in  1855.  He  married  and  left  several  children  at 
his  death. 

John  P.  Gulliver,  Boston,  Mass.     Born  May  12,  1819. 

Eeceived  his  A.  M.  in  course ;  studied  theology  after 
teaching  school  awhile  at  Randolph,  and  in  1846  became 


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the  Pastor  of  Broadway  Congregational  Church,  in  Norwich, 
Conn.,  where  he  now  is.  Has  done  much  for  the  schools  of 
that  city,  and  by  his  personal  exertions  mainly,  secured  the 
establishment  of  the  Norwich  Free  Academy,  with'  an 
endowment  of  over  $125,000.  In  1850  went  to  Eussia  in 
consequence  of  broken  health.  In  1846  married  Miss  Fran- 
cis W.  Curtis,  and  has  four  children. 

John  L.  Hamelin,  Philadelphia.     Born  1819. 

Eeceived  his  A.  M.  in  1844.  For  three  years  was  engaged 
in  teaching  in  a  classical  school,  when  he  entered  into  mercan- 
tile pursuits  and  continued  in  business  for  seventeen  years.  In 
1860  resumed  literary  labors  and  is  now  editing  "  Emerson 
Bennett's  Dollar  Monthly,"  in  Philadelphia.  Married  in 
1841  and  has  three  children. 

James  P.  Hart,  Farmington,  Conn.  Born  July  27,  1 817. 
Studied  theology,  and  afterwards  became  a  publisher  of 
works  on  Etymology,  in  which  not  succeeding,  he  visited 
the  fugitive  slaves  in  Canada.  He  subsequently  gave  his 
attention  to  the  science  of  Phonography.  He  resides  in 
New  Haven. 

John  Frazier  Head,  Boston,  Mass.  Born  January  9,  1821. 
Studied  medicine  and  received  M.  D.  at  Harvard.  Took 
his  A.  M.  in  course.  In  August,  1846,  became  attached  to 
the  Medical  Staff  United  States  Army,  and  was  with 
Scott's  army,  in  Mexico.  In  August,  1846,  married  Miss 
Apthorp,  of  New  Haven.     Is  now  in  Europe. 

*  Ambrose  N.  Hitchcock,  Brimfleld,  Mass.     Born  November 
28,  1813. 
Died   soon  after  graduating,  in  Kentucky,  while  teaching 
school. 

Gustavus  A.  Holcombe,  Savannah v  Ga.     Born  December  26, 
1820. 
Studied  medicine  in  Philadelphia.     Resides  near  Savan- 
nah, and  is  unmarried. 

Gideon  H.  Holxister,  Washington,  Conn.      Born  December 
14,  1818. 
Studied  law  in  Litchfield,  and   was  admitted  to  the  bar 


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of  Litchfield  County  in  April,  1842.     Tie  lias  ever  since 
resided  in   Litchfield,  where  he   continued  to  practice  his 
profession  till  1859,  when  he  opened  an  office  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  where  he  still  remains.     Was  for  four  years  Clerk 
of  the  Courts  of  Litchfield  County.     In  1855,  he  published 
a  History  of  Connecticut,  in   two   volumes,   of  which  two 
editions  have  been  exhausted  of  two  thousand  copies  each. 
In  1856  he  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  State  Senate. 
He  is  the  author  of  three  historical  dramas,  unpublished. 
He  has  also  written  a  legal  treatise  on  the  Law  of  Eminent 
Domain,  which  is  in  press.     In  June,  1847,  married  Miss 
Mary  S.  Brisbane,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  has  had  four 
children,,  only  two  of  whom  survive. 
John  C.  Hollister,  Manchester,  Yt.     Born  June  2,  1818. 
Studied  law   in   Northampton,    Mass.,   and   New  Haven 
Law    School.      Was   admitted   to  the    New    Haven    bar 
in  1842.     Took  his  A.  M.  in  course.     Has  been  Grand  Ju- 
ror for  New  Haven,  and  Clerk  of  the  Connecticut  Senate. 
Is  now  principal  Magistrate  of  the  Town  of  New  Haven. 
Resides  in  New  Haven,  and,  January  17, 1841,  was  married 
to  Miss  Martha  L.  Bradley,  of  New  Haven,  who  deceased 
March  5th,  1849,  leaving  two  children.     Married  Miss  Sa- 
rah S.  Shipman,  of  New  Haven,  October  31st,  1850.     Has 
had  six  children,  three  now  living. 
James   M.    Hoppln,  Providence,  B.   I.      Born  January  17, 
1820. 
Studied  law  and  took  LL.  B.  at  Harvard,  in  1842 ;  then 
studied  theology  at  An  clover,  and  for  several  years  was  a 
student  in  Germany.     In  1850  married  Miss   Perkins,  of 
Litchfield,   Conn,,   and    has    two   children.      Is   now   set- 
tled as  the  pastor  of  the  Crombie  Street  Church,  Salem, 
Mass.     Has  lately  returned  from  Europe,  and  is  the  author 
of  "  Notes  of  a  Theological  Student  Abroad." 
William  A.  Houghton>  Berlin,  Mass.     Born  June  2,  1812. 
Studied  theology  at  New  Haven ;  was  settled  at  North- 
borough,   Mass.,  as  pastor  of  the  Evangelical  Church,   in 
1843.      Leaving  Northborough    in    1851,   he   removed   to 
Berlin,   Mass.,    where    he  still  resides.      Was   married  in 
1814,  to  Miss  Mary   G.   Howe,   of  Berlin,   Mass.,   but  has 


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no  children  of  his  own.     Has  an  adopted  child,  a  daughter, 
ten  years  old. 

Joseph  G.  Hoyt,  Dumbarton,  N".  H.     Born  1815. 

Immediately  upon  graduation  he  became  principal  of  the 
Academy  at  Plymouth,  1ST.  H. ;  but,  at  the  expiration 
of  one  year,  accepted  an  appointment  as  Professor  of 
Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy,  in  Phillips'  Ex- 
eter Academy,  3S\  II.,  where  he  continued  eighteen 
years.  In  1850-51  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Con- 
vention for  the  revision  of  the  State  Constitution,  and  at  a 
later  period  "  fortunately  escaped  being  sent  to  Congress." 
Under  his  influence,  the  public  schools  of  his  own  town 
were  reorganized  and  graded,  and  new  buildings  erected, 
including  a  beautiful  structure  for  a  High  School.  In  the 
winter  of  1845-46,  he  revised  Colton's  Greek  Keader, 
furnishing  an  entirely  new  Lexicon.  April  13,  1842,  he 
married  Margarette  S.  Chamberlain,  of  Exeter,  and  in  due 
process  of  time  has  become  "the  bewildered  father  of  six 
children," — three  sons  and  three  daughters, — five  living, 
of  whom,  the  oldest  is  a  daughter  in  her  seventeenth  year. 
In  December,  1858,  he  accepted  the  appointment  of  Chan- 
cellor and  Professor  of  the  Greek  Language  and  Literature, 
in  Washington  University, — a  well  endowed  and  promis- 
ing institution  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  and  entering  upon 
his  new  duties  the  following  February,  he  was  formally  in- 
augurated, October  4,  1859.  He  received  from  Dartmouth 
College,  at  its  Commencement  in  July,  1859,  the  honorary 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws. 

Chauncey  II.  Hubbard,  Springfield,  Mass.  Born  February 
10,  1820. 
Taught  school  at  the  South  for  a  while ;  studied  theology 
at  New  Haven,  and  was  a  settled  pastor  at  Greenwich, 
Conn.,  and  afterwards  in  Sand  Lake,  IS".  Y.  Is  now  resid- 
ing at  Bennington,  Vt.,  and  is  married. 

Timothy  D.  Hunt,  Rochester,  N.  Y.     Born  March,  1821. 
Studied  theology  at  Auburn,  1ST.  Y.     Went  a  missionary  of 
the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Foreign  Missions, 


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to  Honolula,  Sandwich  Islands,  which  place  he  left  in  1848, 
for  San  Francisco,  Cal.  He  was  the  first  minister  of  the 
gospel  in  California,  and  organized  the  first  church  there, 
— remaining  over  eight  years.  While  there,  he  published 
"  The  Past  and  Present  of  the  Sandwich  Islands,"  and  was 
one  of  the  editors  of  "  The  Pacific."  He  married  Miss 
Mary  Hedges,  November  1,  1843,  and  has  four  children. 
Settied  in  Ithica,  N.  Y.,  in  1857,  and  in  1860  in  Water- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  where  he  now  resides,  as  pastor  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church. 

Thomas  S.  Huntington,  Hartford,  Conn.  Born  June  20, 
1820. 
In  the  winter  of  1840  went  to  the  South,  where,  for  a  few 
years,  he  was  occupied  as  a  teacher,  and  in  the  study  of 
the  belles-lettres.  Thence  he  went  to  Cincinnati,  where 
his  father  had  removed.  In  1844  he  was  living  as  a  far- 
mer, in  Wisconsin;  but  since  1850,  has  resided  princi- 
pally in  Cincinnati,  as  a  Land  Surveyor,  until  the  present 
year,  when  he  removed,  with  his  family,  to  a  new  settle- 
ment on  Lake  Pepin. 

Thomas  S.  Iglehart,  Ann  Arundel  County,  Md.  Born 
February  27, 1820. 
For  several  years  resided  on  his  farm,  near  Annapolis, 
Md.  In  1848  was  a  member  of  the  House  of  Delegates 
of  Maryland,  and  for  a  time  Tobacco  Inspector  of  the  State, 
residing  at  Baltimore.  Lost  his  first  wife ;  is  married 
again,  and  has  two  children,  and  resides  near  Annapo- 
lis, Md. 

Charles  R.  Ingersoll,  New  Haven,  Conn.  Born  September 
16,  1821. 
Was  in  Europe  two  years  after  graduating.  Eeturning, 
studied  law  in  New  Haven,  an'd  was  admitted  to  the  New 
Haven  bar  in  December,  1844.  From  1856  to  1859,  was 
a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Connecticut.  Married 
Miss  Virginia  Gregory,  December,  1847,  and  has  three 
children  living.    Resides  in  New  Haven. 

Horace  James,  Medford,  Mass.    Born  May  6,  1818. 
Studied  theology  at  Andover  and  New  Haven ;  took  his  A. 

Z 


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M.  in  course.  Married  Miss  Helen  Leavitt  of  Boston,  in 
September,  1843,  and  was  settled  as  a  Pastor  in  "Wrentham, 
Mass.,  the  first  of  November  following.  In  1853  removed  to 
Worcester,  Mass.,  where  he  now  resides.  Has  been  the  father 
of  &ve  sons,  who  are  all  deceased.  Without  relinquishing 
the  duties  of  the  ministry,  he  has  been  employed  at  times 
by  the  State  as  a  lecturer  and  agent  in  behalf  of  Common 
School  Education. 

James  E.  Jesup,  Westport,  Conn.     Born  1821. 

Took  his  A.  M.  in  course ;  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  New  York  bar  in  1843.  Is  married  and  resides  in  New 
York  City,  and  has  one  son. 

Chattncet  P.  Judd,  Northampton,  Mass.  Born  June  25, 1817. 
Studied  law,  and  for  several  years  has  been  in  practice  in 
Beading,  Mass. 

*  John  S.  Kelley,  Middletown,  Conn.     Born  June  26, 1821, 
Died  December  29,  1844,  while  in  the  New  York  Theolog- 
ical Seminary. 

*  Jaked  Owen  Knapp,  Greenwich,  Conn.    Born  Oct.  6, 1818. 

Taught  school  three  years  in  Middletown,  Conn. ;  took  his 
A.  M.  in  course,  and  studied  theology  at  New  Haven  ;  in 
1846  became  a  settled  Pastor  in  Plainfield,  (Central  Village,) 
Conn.  In  1851  was  called  to  Hatfield,  Mass.  Leaving  this 
place  in  1855,  he  was  Pastor  of  the  Church  at  Suspension 
Bridge,  Niagara  Falls,  from  that  time  till  1858.  Failing  in 
health  he  retired  to  Beloit,  Wis.,  where  he  attempted  to 
take  charge  of  a  Parish,  but  found  his  strength  insufficient. 
He  died  at  the  latter  place,  July  14,  1860. 

*  David  Lamb,  Pittstown,  N.  Y.     Born  January  5,  1820. 

Studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  Troy,  N.  Y. 
In  1850  resided  at  Cincinnati,  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, Died  at  sea,  on  board  an  Ocean  Steamer,  on  his 
way  from  Panama  to  San  Francisco,  in  the  year  1852. 
George  D.  LaMont,  Gaines,  N.  Y. 
Keceived  his  A.  B.  in  1841.  Settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Lock- 
port,  N.  Y.,  where  he  now  resides.  Has  been  District 
Attorney  of  Niagara  County,  and  Senator  of  the  State  of 
New  York. 


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Amos  Edward  Lawrence,  Geneseo,  N.  Y.  Born  June  25, 
1812. 
Prepared  for  College  at  Phillips'  Academy,  Andover,  Mass., 
and  entered  from  New  York  City.  After  graduating,  lie 
spent  a  year  traveling  through  the  Northwest.  Returning  to 
New  York,  in  the  Fall  of  1841,  he  entered  the  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  completing  his  course,  and  graduating  at 
that  institution  in  1844.  In  the  Spring  of  that  year  entered  the 
office  of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Society,  as  Assistant 
Secretary,  with  Eev.  Drs.  Badger  and  Hall,  in  which  service 
he  spent  four  years,  and  in  1848  settled  in  the  ministry  over 
the  Congregational  Church  of  Cutchogue,  L.  I.  In  1851  he 
removed  to  Southbury,  New  Haven  County,  Conn.,  where 
he  still  remains  a  settled  Pastor.  Has  lately  received  an  in- 
vitation to  the  Pastorate  of  the  Orthodox  Congregational 
Church  of  Lancaster,  Mass.,  and  will  commence  his  labors 
there  in  October.  In  September,  1846,  he  married  Miss 
Hannah  Bowne,  of  New  York,  who  died  in  April,  1858, 
after  having  borne  him  two  children — a  daughter  and  a  son. 
On  the  18th  of  May,  1859,  he  was  again  married  to  Miss 
Ann  Maria  Crocker,  daughter  of  Oliver  Crocker,  Esq.,  of 
New  Bedford,  by  whom  he  has  one  son,  George  Crocker, 
born  May  10th,  1860.  His  eldest  son,  Horace  James,  is  ten 
years  old.     His  daughter  died  in  August,  1849. 

"William  S.  Leavitt,  Bloomfield,  N.  J.  Born  January  26, 1822. 
Head  law  one  year,  then  studied  theology  four  years;  took 
his  A.  M.  in  course.  Married  Miss  Grover,  of  Newark,  N. 
J.,  in  November,  1845,  and  became  a  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
grational  Church  at  Newton  Corner,  Mass.  Is  now  a  min- 
ister in  Hudson,  N.  Y.     Has  one  child. 

William  H.  Long,  Hopkinton,  N.  II.  Born  Sept.  9,  1813. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course ;  taught  a  private  school  several 
years  and  studied  theology  in  New  Haven  in  1844,  and  be- 
gan to  preach,  but  his  health  failing,  he  has  since  1847  been 
in  charge  of  a  large  public  school  in  Eoxbury,  Mass.  Mar- 
ried Miss  Lucia  A.  D.  Rollins,  in  1848 ;  has  no  children. 

Henry  McCall,  Donaldsonville,  La.     Born  1821. 

Took  his  A.  M.  in  course ;  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to 


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the  bar  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  now  resides.  In  1844 
married  Miss  Willcocks,  of  Philadelphia. 

Daniel  March,  Millbury,  Mass.     Born  July  21,  1816. 

Took  his  A.  M.  in  course  ;  after  studying  theology,  resided 
for  a  time  in  Fairfield  County,  Conn.,  and  in  1846  became  a 
pastor  in  Cheshire,  whence  he  removed  to  Nashua,  1ST.  H., 
and  was  settled  over  the  First  Congregational  Church.  He 
is  now  settled  over  a  congregation  in  Woburn,  Mass. ;  but 
at  present  is  traveling  in  Europe.  In  1846  was  elected  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Poet.     Is  married  and  has  five  children. 

Loring  B.  Marsh,  Ware,  Mass.  Born  February  12,  1816. 
Studied  theology  in  New  Haven ;  went  to  Eddyville, 
"Wapello  County,  Iowa,  in  1847,  and  abandoned  his  field  of 
labor  in  1858,  on  account  of  protracted  ill  health.  Taught  a 
High  School  in  Berlin,  Mass.,  in  1854-5.  In  1858  assumed 
the  charge  of  the  Congregational  Church  in  North  Scituate, 
R.  I.,  where  he  still  remains.     Is  unmarried. 

*  Charles  J.  Miller,  Fayetteville,  Yt.  Born  Jan.  26,  1816. 
Soon  after  graduating  went  to  Mount  Carmel,  111.,  studied 
medicine  with  Dr.  Lescher ;  married  a  daughter  of  the 
Doctor,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  May 
10th,  1859,  was  in  company  with  his  wife's  brother  in  the 
drug  business,  and  successful  practice  of  his  profession. 
Had  one  son  living,  and  last  fall  his  wife  gave  birth  to  a 
daughter. 

Dewitt  C.  Morris,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Born  July  13, 1821. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course  ;  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  now  practices.     In  1846 
married  Miss  Johnson,  of  New  Haven,  now  deceased,  and 
has  two  children. 

William  H.  Norris,  Baltimore,  Md. 

A  merchant  in  Baltimore  in  1841.  Went  to  Europe  in  1842. 
Admitted  to  Baltimore  bar  in  1844.  Land  Surveyor  in 
Texas  in  1845.  Practicing  law  in  New  Orleans  in  1845,  '46, 
'47.  In  California  in  1848,  '49,  practicing  law,  mining, 
surveying,  and  speculating,  and,  for  awhile,  acting  as  Judge 
Advocate  for  the  U.  S.  Squadron  in  the  Pacific.  In  Europe 
in  1850.    In  1851  married  in  Valparaiso,  Chili.     Same  year 


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returned  to  Baltimore,  "dropped  anchor  and  moored  for 
life."  Has  four  children. 
Daniel  P.  No  yes,  Newbury,  Mass.  Born  June  4,  1820. 
Taught  school  in  Salem,  Pembroke,  and  Byfield,  Mass. 
Was  three  years  a  tutor  in  Yale  College.  Took  his  A.  M. 
in  1846;  studied  theology  one  year  at  Andover;  resided 
awhile  at  Newbury,  Mass.,  and  in  April,  1849,  became 
pastor  of  the  Jay  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.  In  1854,  was  Secretary  of  the  American  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society.     Married  in  1850,  and  has  two  children. 

*  Oscar  T.   Noyes,    Modena,  Ulster   County,  N.  Y.     Born 

April  22,  1819. 
Studied  law,   and  was   a    lawyer  and  farmer,    in  Ulster 
County,  N.  Y.,  Modena  Post  Office.     Was  married.    Died 
in  1854. 

Oein  Otis,  Colchester,  Conn.     Born  May  12,  1812. 

Studied  theology,  and  since  1846  has  been  settled  as  a 
clergyman  in  Chepachet,  R.  I.  Married  a  sister  of  his 
Classmate,  Knapp,  and  has  four  children. 

Lewis  Paksons,  Perry,  Genessee  County,  N.  Y.  Born  April, 
1818. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course.  On  graduating,  went  to  New 
Orleans,  in  company  with  Colclough  and  James  Smith. 
After  struggling  some  time  with  adversity,  having  taught 
school  eighteen  months  in  Mississippi,  he  entered  the  Har- 
vard Law  School,  and  there  went  through  the  course  of 
legal  studies.  In  1844  he  entered  into  a  law  partnership 
with  an  old  practitioner  in  Alton,  111.,  where  he  resided 
a  number  of  years.  Was  City  Attorney  for  four  years. 
Some  three  or  four  years  since,  he  removed  to  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  where  he  now  resides,  and  is  acting  President  of 
the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Railroad  Company.  He  married 
Miss  Sarah  G.  Edwards,  of  St.  Louis,  in  1847,  who  de- 
ceased, leaving  two  children.     Is  married  again. 

*  Cale  Pelton,  Buckland,  Mass. 

Took  his  A.  M.  in  course.     For  several  years  was  a  teacher 


in  Philadelphia,  and  a  manufacturer  of  the  well-known 
Pelton  Outline  Map,  of  which  he  was  inventor.  He  was 
married  in  1842,  and  died  a  few  years  since. 

*  William  Perkins,  Grand  Gulph,  Miss.  Born  April  26, 1821. 
Studied  law  and  took  LL.  B.  at  Cambridge.  Has  been 
District  Attorney  for  the  Parish  of  Tensas,  La.,  where 
he  resided  for  a  time.  Was  on  board  the  steamer  Arctic, 
and  perished  with  her,  in  1854.  In  1846  married  Miss 
Murdock,  of  Mississippi,  and  had  one  child. 

John  Perkins,  Jr.,  Grand  Gulph,  Miss.  Born  July  1,  1819. 
Studied  law  at  Cambridge,  and  took  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
Practiced  law  in  New  Orleans,  in  company  with  James 
Smith.  His  health  failing,  he  sailed  for  Europe  in  1848  ; 
he  returned  in  1850,  his  health  re-established.  Was  Rep- 
resentative of  United  States  Congress  two  terms,  and  has 
been  Judge  of  the  Courts  in  Louisiana.  Residence,  Som- 
erset, Ashwood,  Tensas  Parish,  La. 

Lav  alette  Perrin,  Yernon,  Conn.  Born  May  15,  1816. 
Studied  theology  at  East  Windsor  and  New  Haven.  Li- 
censed to  preach  August  8th,  1843.  Settled  in  Goshen, 
Conn.,  December  13th,  1843.  Married  to  Miss  Ann 
Eliza  Comstock,  of  New  Haven,  June  4th,  1844.  Dis- 
missed, at  his  own  request,  September  4th,  1857.  In- 
stalled pastor  of  First  Church  in  New  Britain,  Conn., 
February  3d,  1858,  where  he  now  resides.  Has  four  chil- 
dren— Bernadotte,  Catherine,  Addison,  and  William  A., 
whose  ages,  in  the  order  of  their  names,  are,  thirteen,  ten, 
eight,  and  one,  years. 

Frederick  A.  Pratt,  Deep  River,  Conn.     Born  1817. 

Studied  theology  in  East  Windsor,  Conn.  Is  now  a  min- 
ister of  the  Old  School  Presbyterian  Church,  in  the  Do- 
mestic Missionary  service,  and  residing  in  Dakota  County, 
Min.,  having  charge  of  two  congregations.  Post  Office 
address,  Christiana,  Dakota  County,  Min. 

*Henry  M.  Proctor,  Boston,  Mass.     Born  Nov.  29,  1820. 
Shipped  as  a  sailor  on  board  the  bark  General  Scott,  bound 
from  Boston  to  Sidney,  New  South  Wales.     When  two  days 


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out  of  port,  on  the  22d  of  December,  1841,  he  fell  over- 
board, and  was  lost. 

Edward  E.  Bankin,  Newark,  N.  J.  Born  May  15,  1820. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course  ;  studied  Theology  in  New  York, 
and  from  October,  1843,  to  May,  1850,  was  pastor  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Springfield,  N.  J.  On 
the  26th  of  May,  1850,  became  the  pastor  of  the  Forty- 
Second  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  New  York  City,  where 
he  now  is.  Visited  Europe  in  1846.  In  October,  1847, 
married  Miss  Emily  Watkinson,  of  Hartford,  Conn.  Has 
had  two  daughters  and  three  sons, — of  whom,  the  eldest, 
Margaret,  died  in  April,  1S$%  aged  about  seven  years. 
Post  Office  address,  No.  141  West  Forty-Second  street, 
New  York. 

George  Eichards,  New  London,  Conn.  Born  Nov.  2,  1816, 
Taught  school  a  year  or  two ;  took  his  A.  M.  in  course,  and 
became  a  tutor  in  Yale  College.  Studied  theology  at  An- 
dover  and  New  Haven,  and  in  1845  became  associate  pastor 
of  the  Central  Church,  Boston,  and  from  1851  to  1859,  was 
sole  pastor.  Spent  some  time,  afterwards,  in  Europe.  In 
1846,  married  Miss  Anna  M.  Woodruff,  of  Philadelphia, 
and  has  had  six  children,  five  living. 

*  Charles  J.  Kuggles,  Newburgh,  N.  Y.  Born  Nov.  5, 1820. 
Studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Poughkeepsie, 
N".  Y.  Took  his  A.  M.  in  1847.  He  continued  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  until  October,  1848,  though  his  failing 
health  had  compelled  him  to  spend  two  winters  at  the 
South  ;  from  which  time  he  gradually  sank  under  a  pulmo- 
nary attack,  until  the  25th  of  September,  18  £9,  when  he 
died,  at  home,  and  in  the  midst  of  friends.  His  remains 
are  interred  in  the  family  burying  ground  at  Coldenham, 
Orange  County,  N.  Y. 

Charles  S.  Shelton,  Huntington,  Conn.  Born  August  28, 
1819. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course,  and  also  M.  D.  Entered  on  the 
practice  of  medicine,  but  gave  it  up,  and  in  1848  went  as  a 
missionary  of  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for 
Foreign  Missions,  to  Madura,  Southern  India.    In  1848  he 


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married  Miss  Hyde,- of  Brooklyn,  and  has  a  child.     Is  no-w- 
in Springfield,  111.,  practicing  medicine. 
L.  Denison  Shoemakee,  Wilkesbarre,  Penn.    Born  Nov.  5, 
1819. 
Is  a  lawyer  in  Wilkesbarre.    Was  married  in  1849,  and  has 
five  children. 
*  James  Smith,  Peterborough,  1ST.  H.     Born  Jan.  15,  1816. 
He  instructed,  for  a  time,  in  the  family  of  Mr.  Perkins,  of 
Louisiana ;  then  studied  law,  and  received  LL.  B.  at  Har- 
vard.    In  1845   became  established  as  a  lawyer  in  New 
Orleans,   in  partnership  with  John  Perkins.     His  health 
soon  failed,  and  being  attacked  with  pulmonary  consump- 
tion, he  returned  to  his  native  place,   (Peterborough,  1ST. 
H.,)   and    there   died,     on   the   31st  of  December,   1846. 
The  Law  Reporter  for  March,  1847,  contains  an  interesting 
sketch  of  his  life  and  character. 

J.  Few  Smith,  Philadelphia," Penn.  Born  Jan.  7,  1816. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course ;  studied  theology  at  Western 
Reserve  College,  where  he  was  for  some  time  a  Tutor. 
Was  settled  as  a  pastor  at  Valatie,  N.  T.,  and  subsequently 
at  Winchester,  Va.,  from  which  place  he  removed  in  1848, 
to  become  Professor  of  Sacred  Rhetoric  in  Auburn  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  N.  Y.  Left  Auburn  in  1851  for  Newark, 
1ST.  J.,  where  he  now  resides.  Pastor  of  Second  Presbyte- 
rian Church.  Was  married  in  1843  and  has  had  six  children, 
four  now  living. 

*  George  W.  Steeee,  Providence,  R.  I.  Born  June  14, 1814. 
For  several  years  resided  in  Louisiana ;  part  of  the  time  as 
instructor  in  the  family  of  Mr.  Perkins.  He  was  in  delicate 
health,  and  is  believed  to  have  died  in  1849,  at  Pensacola, 
Fa.     He  was  not  married. 

Lewis  Steeling,  Bayou  Sara,  La.     Born  March  5, 1819. 
Has  continued  to  reside  on  his  plantation  near  Bayou  Sara. 
Not  married. 

Geoege  H.  Swift,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.     Born  February  8» 
1820. 
Studied  law,  went  into  practice  in  Poughkeepsie ;  did  an  ex- 


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tensive  business ;  health  failed ;  went  to  South  Amenia,  N.  Y., 
and  purchased  a  large  farm,  and  is  engaged  in  its  cultiva- 
tion. He  is  also  doing  considerable  unsought  business  in 
his  profession.  Has  been  married  twice  and  has  several 
children. 

George  Terry,  Plymouth,  Conn.     Born  January  22,  1817. 

George  Thacher,  Hartford,  Conn.  Born  July  25,  1817. 
Having  studied  theology  at  New  Haven,  he  was  first  set- 
tled as  a  pastor  at  Derby,  Conn. ;  removed  in  1848  to 
Nantucket,  where  he  remained  eighteen  months,  whence  he 
accepted  a  call  to  the  Allen  St.  Church,  New  York  City. 
Is  now  a  settled  pastor  in  Meriden,  Conn.  He  married  Miss 
Sarah  M.  Smith,  who  died  July,  1850,  leaving  two  children, 
one  of  which  has  since  deceased.  In  1851,  married  a 
younger  sister  of  his  first  wife. 

Egbert  A.  Thompson,  Bethlem,  Conn.     Born  1814. 

Married  December,  1840,  to  Miss  Caroline  A.  Smith, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Nathan  Smith,  of  New  Haven.  Studied 
law  in  the  New  Haven  Law  School,  and  removed  to  Quincy, 
111.,  where  he  practiced  his  profession  till  1847,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Cincinnati,  where  he  now  resides,  engaged  in  an 
extensive  and  lucrative  practice.  Has  had  eight  children, 
four  are  now  living,  the  eldest,  a  son,  sixteen  years  of  age. 

William  H.  Tiffany,  Brooklyn,  Conn.     Born  1819. 
Entered  into  business  in  New  York  City,  soon  after  gradu- 
ating, where  he  remained  until  1849,  when  he  went  to  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  where  he  now  is. 

*  George  C.  Waite,  Lyme,  Conn.  Born  August  13,  1820. 
Took  his  A.  M.  in  course ;  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  in  practice 
until  1849,  when,  in  consequence  of  ill  health,  he  returned 
to  the  residence  of  his  father  in  Lyme,  and  there,  in  Au- 
gust of  that  year,  he  died.     He  was  not  married. 

Elias  H.  Williams,  Ledyard,  Conn.     Born  July  23,  1819. 
Is  a  farmer,  residing  at  Garnavilla,  Iowa,  and  owns  large 
quantities  of  land  there.     Is  Judge  of  the  County  Court, 
Clayton  County,  Iowa. 


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*Thodore  B.  Witmer,  Lancaster,  Perm.  Born  April  26, 1818. 
Studied  law  at  Cambridge,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Phila- 
delphia bar  in  1843.  Soon  after  sailed  for  Europe.  Re- 
turned and  resided  in  Philadelphia  (although  occasionally 
re-visiting  Europe)  till  1856,  when  he  was  lost  at  sea,  near 
Malaga,  Spain,  while  traveling  along  the  Mediterranean 
coast. 

William  Woodbridge,  Hartford,  Conn.     Born  Aug.,  1810. 
Studied  medicine  and  took  M.  D.  at  Yale.     Settled  as  a 
physician   at   Manchester,  Conn.,  but  is   now   residing  in 
Brooklyn,  Conn.    Is  married  and  has  two  children. 

*  Edward  Wright,  Deerfield,  Mass.    Born  May  1,  1815. 
Studied  theology,  and  since  his  ordination  was  the  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  Church  at  West  Haven,  Conn.,  and  also 
at  the  head  of  a  nourishing  Female  Seminary,  where  he 
died  in  1852,  leaving  a  wife  and  children. 


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The  following  members  of  the  Class  left  it  during  Senior 

Year. 

W.  Woodbridge  Hudson,  Hartford,  Conn.     Born  1820. 

Studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  York  City, 

where  he  now  resides  in  practice. 
N.  Smith,  Augusta,  N.  Y. 

Is  a  lawyer  in  Alabama. 


The  following  left  the  Class  during  Junior  Year. 

James  H.  Collier,  Binghampton,  N.  Y. 

Died  at  Panama,  on  his  return  from  San  Francisco,  where 
he  had  held  a  post  in  the  Custom  House  in  1849  or  J50. 

Frederick  Morrill,  Brentwood,  N.  II. 

John  Sterns  Sparhawk,  Warehouse  Point,  Conn. 
Died  at  New  Haven  in  1839. 


The  following  left  the  Class  during  Sophomore  Year. 

Lucien  Birdseye,  Pompey,  N.  Y. 

John  Tod  Breck,  Richmond,  Ky. 
Died  February,  1839. 

Joshua  R.  Brown,  Stonington. 

Josiah  ~W.  Brown,  Acton,  Mass. 

Peter  Hewins  Burget,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

Warren  S.  Childs,  Henniker,  N.  H. 

Joseph  S.  Claghorn,  Savannah,  Ga. 

George  W.  Clark,  New  York  City. 

Entered  the  United  States  Navy.     Resigned  a  few  years 
since,  and  is  now  in  business  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Stillman  A.  Clemons,  Granby,  Conn. 


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Josiah  Curtis,  Wethersfield,  Conn. 

Flavel  A.  Dickinson,  Preston,  N.  Y. 

John  C.  Downer,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Charles  E.  Everett,  Smithville,  N.  C. 

Joseph  W".  Fitch,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Samuel  B.  Garrett,  Nash  Co.,  N.  C. 

James  P.  Holcombe,  Lynchburg,  Ya. 
Is  the  Author  and  Editor  of  several  legal  works.     Resides 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

James  E.  Houston,  Savannah,  Ga. 

James  M.  Linsley,  Prospect,  Conn. 

Samuel  B.  Mills,  Chester,  Conn. 

Charles  W.  Peck,  Attica,  N.  Y. 
Died  in  the  Island  of  Cuba. 

Charles  1ST.  Seymour, 

Left  the  Class  during  Sophomore  year,  on  account  of  ill 
health,  and  afterwards  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Hart- 
ford. Studied  theology  at  New  Haven,  and  is  now  a  settled 
minister  at  Brooklyn,  Conn.  Married  and  has  had  ten 
children,  four  now  living. 

Thomas  H.  Skinner,  New  York  City. 

Is  a  Clergyman  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church. 

Charles  Smith,  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

John  C.  Sterling,  Watertown,  N.  Y. 

John  W.  Stouohton,  East  Windsor ,  Conn. 

Roderick  Terry,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Ebenezer  S.  Underwood,  Woodstock,  Conn. 
Died  in  1837. 

Semeon  Waters,  Providence,  R.  I. 

W.  Fred.  Williams,  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 

Joseph  W.  Woolfolk,  Columbus,  Ga, 
Graduated  at  Princeton,  N.  J. 


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The  following  left  during  Freshman  Year. 

John  W.  Armstrong,  Toronto,  U.  C. 

Samuel  S.  Bates,  Warren,  Conn. 

Francis  H.  Brown,  Columbia,  Conn. 

Henry  Gunn  Buckingham,  New  Milford,  Conn. 

Samuel  P.  Caldwell,  Columbia,  Tenn. 

Edward  W.  Champlin,  Say  brook,  Conn. 

Leonoreon  De  la  Motta  D'Lyon,  Savannah,  Ga. 

John  Dowse,  Burke  Co.,  Ga. 

Divie  B.  Duffield,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Eesides  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  lawyer. 
Samuel  H.  Elliot,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
William  J.  Forbes,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Merchant  in  New  York  City. 
William  Henry  Hart,  Trinidad,  W.  I. 
Horace  G.  Hitchcock,  Cheshire,  Conn. 
Elijah  B.  Huntington,  Bozrah,  Conn. 
William  Kennedy,  Darlington,  S.  C. 

Lost  in  the  Steamer  Home,  between  New  York  and  Charles- 
ton, Oct.  9th,  1837. 
John  Kilbourn,  Salisbury,  Conn. 
John  W.  Lewis,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Martin  Martins,  St.  Eustatius,  W.  I. 
Daniel  G.  Mason,  Boston,  Mass. 
E.  F.  Morris,  East  Haven,  Conn. 
Joseph  Osgood  Mussey,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

For  several  years   was   a  Eeporter   and  letter    writer  at 

Washington. 
John  H.  Olmsted,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Graduated  in  1845,  and  died  the  following  year. 
Edward  Potter,  Plymouth,  Conn. 
William  H.  Potter,  Colchester,  Conn. 
Chauncey  D.  Eice,  Amherst,  Mass. 
Thomas  H.  Eodman,  New  York  City. 
Eeuben  C.  Shorter,  Columbus,  Ga. 
Benjamin  A.  Spaulding,  Billeri'ca,  Mass. 


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Samuel  W.  Stebbins,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Lewis  E.  Sykes,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

Joseph  Joslyn  Thompson,  New  Britain,  Mass. 

Has  been  a  schoolmaster  and  lecturer  on  Phrenology  and 

various  other  subjects. 
James  L.  Tkask,  Woodville,  Miss. 
Buel  M,  Williams,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Frances  Williams,  Hartford,  Conn. 


